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have become priorities for policymakers. Training specifically designed for older workers might help attain these goals …, since it may refresh human capital and reduce the pay-productivity gap. Training older workers might also benefit employers …
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This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two … ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …
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temporarily without a job mission and training for workers with or without a job mission) allow for a flexicurity model. The … is mitigated when it is associated with training activities. In general, flexibility produces negative effects, albeit … decreasing with training activity, on productivity. …
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. We then separately analyze active and passive labor market policies, consisting in training programs and income support … schemes. We show that it is optimal for the government to include among the eligibility criteria for subsidized training a …
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The paper examines the optimal level of training investment when trained workers are mobile, wage contracts are time …-consistent, and training comprises both specific and general skills. It is shown that, in the absence of a social planner, the firm …-post monopsonistic power in wage determination. Local union-firm wage bargaining ensures that the post-training wage is set sufficiently …
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turnover and endogenous general human capital formation. We show that search frictions do not distort training decisions if … efficient coordination devices there is too much turnover and too little investments in general training. Nonetheless, the … number of training firms and the amount of training provided are constrained optimal, and training subsidies therefore reduce …
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Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests of reading, writing and math abilities and by...
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Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...
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unemployment spells. Firms take inefficient training decision because they do not fully valuate the additional productivity of the … between efficient and equilibrium training, so that it does not necessarily require higher training subsidies. The general …
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This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To … endogeneity of input factors and training is applied. The productivity premium for a trained worker is estimated at 23%, while the … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theories that explain work related …
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