training received by workers in Germany between 1986 and 1989. Further training is primarily a white collar phenomenon, is … concentrated among the more highly educated, and in the service sector and in public administration. Much of this training seems to … be general and provided to workers by their employers at no direct cost. On the other hand, the training also does not …

to also invest in its training resources …

This paper is an econometric analysis of the on-the-job training (OJT) decisions of a group of white American males …

This paper estimates the dynamic returns to job training. We posit a dynamic-discrete choice model of sequential … training participation, where choices and earnings depend on observed and unobserved characteristics.We define treatment … using data combining job training records, matched employee-employer information, and pre-labor market ability measures from …

Although economic models of training decisions are framed in terms of a company's calculation of the costs and benefits … of such training, empirical work has never been able to test this model directly on company behavior. This paper utilizes … a unique database to analyze the determinants of the variation in formal training across businesses and the impact of …

We study the allocation and productivity consequences of training production line supervisors in soft skills via a … randomized controlled trial. Consistent with standard practice for training investments within firms, we asked middle managers … -- who sit above supervisors in the hierarchy -- to nominate members of their supervisory team for training. Program access …