We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes with age. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the possibility that the wage and productivity...

This article studies the impact of firm-sponsored training on productivity. The data used are taken from the Wo r k p l a c e and Employee Survey (WES) of Statistics Canada (1999­2002). The impact of training on productivity is measured by estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function, where...