Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

Nach Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) hat 2011 nur jeder zweite Betrieb Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zeitlich oder finanziell gefördert. Die Weiterbildungsquote der Beschäftigten lag bei weniger als einem Drittel. Bestimmte Gruppen, wie gering qualifizierte oder...

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...

One of the most important policy goals in industrialized countries is to increase the skill level of the labor force by life-long-learning strategies. In this paper our aim is to explain to what extent the variation in training investments is determined either by (observed and unobserved)...