‘advantage’ previously enjoyed by men in respect of training incidence and reported in earlier work in the literature has been … reversed. The present paper explores the sources of the gender differential in training incidence using Labour Force Survey …

education. Holding everything else constant the shift in the population age distribution by itself would have led to a decline … in training participation over the considered period, 1996-2004. However, the decomposition analyses yield that … behavioral changes caused an increase in training particularly among older workers. …

This paper studies the role of training vouchers and caseworkers in public training programs. Using a rich … introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on participants. Besides estimating the overall reform effect … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …

After graduation many students start working in sectors not related to their field of study or participate in training …

We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1 …) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firm-specific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2 …) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the returns to training, 3) a common payment for the whole workforce leads to …

We use the variation of training policy over time and across Italian regions to identify the relationship between … individual training and earnings. Using longitudinal data for the period 1999 to 2005, we find that the marginal effect of one … additional week of formal training on monthly earnings is 4.4 percent. This effect declines rapidly over time and is equal to 0 …

terms of transaction costs, the US pay on average higher search/hiring costs in the labor market, and smaller training costs …

The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave … the training firm soon after completion of the apprenticeship. Using German register data - the IAB Employment Sample - we …