More specific questions relating to apprenticeship About 80% of Germans who stop school at 16 follow an apprenticeship training programme. The remaining 20% remain formally unskilled How valuable or otherwise is a formal vocational system? Does it reduce flexibility? How does it compare with less structured on-the -job training that typically occurs in the labour market How important are economic incentives for the choice of education?More specific questions relating to apprenticeship • About 80% of Germans who stop school at 16 follow an apprenticeship training programme. The remaining 20% remain formally unskilled. • How valuable or otherwise is a formal vocational system? Does it reduce flexibility? • How does it compare with less structured on-the-job training that typically occurs in the labour market? • How important are economic incentives for the choice of education?