This paper analyzes how life-cycle unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of the training firm. We … start from the hypotheses that the size of training firms reduces long-run cumulated unemployment exposure, e.g. via … differences in training quality and in the availability of internal labor markets, and that the access to large training firms …

Temporary work agencies use training as a recruitment and retention argument when qualified labor is scarce. However …, short job assignments present a major obstacle for employers and employees to increase investment in training. As temporary … agency workers are mainly low-qualified and often previously unemployed, paid work in combination with training should lead …

Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white … observed patterns of the fast decrease in unemployment as immigrants first find blue-collar jobs and attend training, followed … by a gradual movement to white-collar occupations. The estimated rates of return to local training, local experience and …

smaller training costs, so that the welfare implications of each type of economy are a priori ambiguous: no model dominates …

nonsubsidized, in the market or non-market sector, if there is no training accompanied by skill certification. In particular, we … find no stigma effect associated with subsidized or non-market sector work experience. Moreover, training accompanied by …

participation in a training program to simulate placebo treatment durations. We first use these simulations to examine which …

Labor market policy tools such as training and sanctions are commonly used to help bring workers back to work. By … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health …