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 …

This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the … Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …

This paper reports about a randomized experiment in which training vouchers of €1000 were given to low-skilled workers …. The vouchers increase training participation by almost 20 percentage points in two years, relative to a base rate of 0 … capital theory, we find that vouchers cause a shift towards more general forms of training. We do not find any significant …

, counseling, training, and placement services. Such programs can be expensive, however, which underscores the need to focus on …

show that firms were less likely to increase expenditure on worker training in the periods following each event. In the … period following the EU Referendum, firms were 9% less likely to increase expenditure on worker training relative to the … and machinery; and land and buildings. Following the EU Referendum, firms were also more likely to reduce training …

Community Household Panel (INE, 1994-2001) to estimate the effect of labour market training on wage growth for both female and … measure the effect of training we differentiate among employer-financed and self-employed training as well as indicators, and … later include variables for training length and intensity. Our results show that, indeed, training investments provide …

This paper investigates whether firms’ joint implementation of organisational innovation and training may foster their …

present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage …