Many empirical studies consider either training activities of the unemployed or training activities of the employees in … time use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of the Federal Statistical Office, the amount of training is compared for both groups … only 49% of the unemployed persons participate in any kind of training activities off the job. In case of the full …

empirical analysis we use data on 20 OECD countries covering the time period 1985-1999.We find that labor market training is the …