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 …

Do returns to training differ if training is accompanied by technological innovations at the workplace? We analyze this … allow for individual time trends. The findings indicate positive wage effects and more job stability for training … of new technology adoption and of training participation does not make individuals better off in terms of wages or job …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job … characteristics, we find a difference between males and females in the correlation of training with job satisfaction which is positive … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We …

largely of such activities. Further training is an important way of adapting skills and enabling the performance of tasks that … substitutable tasks performed and the risk of automation. These returns to training are highly relevant, but as yet little studied … informal training on work tasks and the automation probability for workers at risk of automation. The results show that …

controlled trial in Tanzania on an intense gender-sensitive skills training program that worked with over 53,000 youth in the … significant effects on all outcomes for both genders. From a monetary perspective the training program is very cost …

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. …

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 …

to take up on-the-job training, to climb up the career ladder, or to eventually leave to professions more suitable to … overeducated workers have a significantly higher probability to take up on-the-job training than adequately educated workers and …

This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data … indicate that after training workers are more engaged in non-routine interactive tasks than they were before training. Analyses … by topic of training reveal considerable heterogeneity in the impact of training on job tasks. In particular, it is …