regional training supply and employees' training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local … training participation is significantly higher in regions with many firms in the training supply market. The predictive power …

Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that … lower the return to training. In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital intensive firms are the … most likely to offer training unless they are liquidity constrained. If firms are not liquidity constrained, the fund could …

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 …

study that explicitly tests the impact of job satisfaction and on-the-job training for workers in educational mismatched …. Opportunities for training facilitate the retention of initially job-mismatched workers. These results have implications for …

While in-service teacher training programs are designed to enhance the performance of several cohorts of students … study of an intensive in-service teacher training program in France: during and after implementation. Our estimates … highlight the short-run effectiveness of the training program; it successfully improves students' outcomes but only during the …

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 …

Several studies have shown that employees with temporary contracts have lower training participation than those with …, less likely to participate in formal training activities. In addition, we find evidence for complementarity between … training and informal learning for both temporary and permanent employees. Our findings suggest that temporary employment need …

The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm …-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should … is supported empirically. Specifically, we find that employees are significantly less likely to participate in training …

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be … addresses the question whether the complementarity between education and training is causal. The identification is based on … confirm that education has a significant impact on training participation during working life. …

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … and negative relationship between educational attainment and on the job training and no significant relationship between … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …