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 …

wage compression and training incidence in 11 European countries. I find that, after controlling for individual factors and … compression and training. This positive relationship is confirmed when I consider only general training. While the former finding … is consistent with both competitive and non - competitive approaches to training, the latter result is only consistent …

Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training … difference-in-difference strategy. The results indicate large positive effects of the training program on store … increasing productivity through training programs targeting critical skills. …

Using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, this paper explores the determinants of firms' training decisions … factors; training programs are not prevalent in all sectors. In addition, the share of workers receiving training depends on … workers receiving training is low and that the extensive and intensive margins of training are affected by different sets of …

competition. Equilibria with and without training, and multiple equilibria can emerge. If competition is sufficiently soft and … returns to the number of trained workers decrease sufficiently, firms may invest in non-specific training if others do the … workers. -- industry-specific training ; human capital ; oligopoly ; turnover …