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Cecilia Ivardi Ganapini
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Ivardi Ganapini
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Cecilia
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cecilia.ivardiganapini@unisg.ch
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PublicationHow Coordinated Capitalism Adapts to the Knowledge Economy: Different Upskilling Strategies in Germany and SwitzerlandThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Type: journal articleJournal: Swiss Political Science ReviewVolume: 29Issue: 4DOI: 10.1111/spsr.12569
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PublicationGermany and the knowledge economy: The internationalisation of vocational education and training( 2023-03-15)The long-established synergy between German economic competitiveness and vocationally trained mid-skilled workers is questioned as Germany transitions to the knowledge economy. We study how the German political economy changes in the knowledge economy with an eye to the ever-increasing mid-level skill shortage, exemplified by the ever-increasing excess of apprenticeship spots. While the literature has investigated how Germany upskills, namely how its skill distribution moves towards the higher end, it has overlooked the shortage of industrial workers, who are typically trained through Germany’s renowned vocational education and training (VET) system. We fill this scholarly gap by studying the fascinating puzzle of how Germany can secure mid-level skills in an age that often dismisses VET as a relic of the past. Conducting process tracing informed by document analysis and interviews with experts and stakeholders, we show that a key part of Germany’s adaptation to the knowledge economy consists in internationalising its VET to secure mid-level skills domestically. The political consensus around this strategy revolves around training people abroad according to German standards and facilitating recognition of foreign qualifications to fill the mid-level skills shortage. This represents an instance of institutional layering and an ideal case to study the agency behind institutional change.Type: conference paper
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PublicationShifting borders in German Vocational Education and Training: An answer to the mid-level skills shortage( 2023-07-14)The transition to the knowledge economy, coupled with demographic changes, challenge the resilience of the German political economy by generating a mismatch at the level of mid-level skills. We argue that Germany adapts to the mismatch by externalising its vocational education and training (VET) system, namely by expanding its geographical scope beyond its borders. We document this instance of institutional layering through a process tracing exercise informed by fourteen interviews and one hundred documents, both issued by experts and stakeholders. Our analysis provides evidence that the mechanism explaining this adaptation process is made possible by the interaction of three policy areas, namely Germany’s changed production, international cooperation, and migration strategies. We trace and examine the historical developments, policy efforts, and the political consensus within each policy area that paved the way for the externalisation of VET. Our argument has implications for the literature investigating the political economy of skill formation and policy transfer.Type: conference paper
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PublicationThe transition of Germany towards the knowledge economy: The internationalisation of dual vocational education and training( 2023-02-03)With the rise of the knowledge economy, the symbiotic relationship between Germany’s production strategy and its collective skill formation system is coming under pressure. Due to upskilling and a shift away of youth from the traditional VET system, a gap for technical mid-level skilled workers is arising. How is Germany’s securing its need for technical and qualified mid-skilled workers and what mechanisms explain the resulting adaptation strategy? Based on theories of comparative capitalisms and institutional change, we argue that the German VET system is internationalizing and increasing its permeability. This internationalization of VET is a further instance of institutional layering and reflects an adaptation strategy of the traditionally collective skills formation system in Germany to pressures of the knowledge economy. We argue that the origins and explanations of this adaptation strategy can be found in the export-led growth model and inertia within the German system inhibiting its ability to reform from within. Descriptive data from secondary and grey literature, and transcripts of expert interviews with actors involved in the internationalization of VET provide evidence for the proposed argument.Type: conference paper
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