Persistence in the determination of work-related training participation: Evidence from the BHPS, 1991-1997
In this paper we investigate the role of workers' training history in determining current training-incidence. The analysis is conducted on an unbalanced sample comprising information on approximately 5000 employees from the first seven waves of the BHPS. Training participation is modelled as a dynamic random effects probit model where the effects of unobserved heterogeneity and initial conditions are accounted for in a fashion consistent with methods proposed by Chamberlain (1984) and Wooldridge (2005), respectively. The results suggest that prior training experience is a significant determinant of a worker's participation in a current training episode comparable with other formal educational qualifications.
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2010
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Authors: | Sousounis, Panos ; Bladen-Hovell, Robin |
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Economics of Education Review. - Elsevier, ISSN 0272-7757. - Vol. 29.2010, 6, p. 1005-1015
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Training State dependence Dynamic probit |
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