A. Sedigh, M. Purvis, Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu, Christopher K. Frantz, Maryam A. Purvis
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: In this paper, we investigate the effects of different characteristics of apprenticeship programmes both in historical and contemporary societies. Apprenticeship is one of the major means to transfer skills in a society. Weconsiderfivesocieties: theoldBritainsystem(AD 1300 s − 1600 s ), theBritishEastIndiaCompany(AD 1600 s − 1800 s ), Armenian merchants of New-Julfa (AD 1600 s − 1700 s ), contemporary German apprenticeship ( 1990 s ), and the “ Modern Apprenticeship ” in Britain ( 2001 ). In comparing these systems, using an agent-based simulationmodel,weidentifiedsixcharacteristicswhichimpactthesuccessofanapprenticeshipprogrammeinasociety,whichwemeasuredbyconsideringthreeparameters,namelythenumberofskilledagentsproducedbytheapprenticeships,programmecompletion,andthecontributionofprogrammestotheGrossDomesticIncome(GDI)ofthesociety.Weinvestigatedifferentdefinitionsforsuccessofanapprenticeshipandsomehy-potheticalsocietiestotestsomecommonbeliefsaboutapprenticeships’performance.Thesimulationssuggestthata)itisbettertoinvestinapubliceducationalsystemratherthansubsidisingprivatecontractorstotrainapprentices,b)havingahighercompletionratioforapprenticeshipprogrammedoesnotnecessarilyresultinahighercontributionintheGDI,andc)governors(e.g.mayorsorgovernment)thatfacesignificantemigrationshouldalsoconsideremployingpoliciesthatpersuadeapprenticestocompletetheirprogrammeandstayinthesocietyaftercompletiontoimproveapprenticeshipefficacy.