This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program "Bildungsprämie". The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be … addresses the question whether the complementarity between education and training is causal. The identification is based on … confirm that education has a significant impact on training participation during working life. …

regional training supply and employees’ training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local … training participation is significantly higher in regions with many firms in the training supply market. The predictive power …

to take up on-the-job training, to climb up the career ladder, or to eventually leave to professions more suitable to … overeducated workers have a significantly higher probability to take up on-the-job training than adequately educated workers and …

This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data … indicate that after training workers are more engaged in non-routine interactive tasks than they were before training. Analyses … by topic of training reveal considerable heterogeneity in the impact of training on job tasks. In particular, it is …

- covers the industrial sector, employment effects, training practices and working conditions studies. Bibliography pp. 25 to …