This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British …, financial performance, labour productivity and product quality. While there is clear evidence that training is positively … relationship between training and performance is complex, depending on both the particular measures of training and of performance …

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 …

This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 …,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … impact on participation in training modules. Nevertheless, the increase was partially offset by a deadweight loss in excess …

warranted by Scottish evidence. Company-sponsored job training yields a higher return for the most able and so this form of … investment will exacerbate the gaps it is intended to close. For the same reason, public job training is not likely to help adult …