The objective of this paper is to model and estimate the impact of labour training financed by the firm on labour … demand in Belgium, introducing training potential productivity and cost effects. To model this influence, we assume profit … maximizing firms producing under a short run monopolistic competition regime. We emphasize that training variables, both …

-competent workforce, as supported by firms’ training and recruitment plans. Conversely, ODT investment does not significantly alter total …

-competent workforce, as supported by firms' training and recruitment plans. Conversely, ODT investment does not significantly alter total …

European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms … remain – and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …

European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms … remain - and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …

2010, firms invested more in formal and informal training for their workers, who also participated in such training in … training (alternating study and work experience) – which remains marginal. Firms operating in more than one Region are … considerably larger than the average and proportionately more numerous to report training activities in their social balance sheet …

training, are as follows. Employment in the enterprises of the limited population increased by 0.3 p.c. on average between 2003 … the staff movements. The net inflow of workers has been broken down by their level of training and the gross outflow of … expressed by European and Belgian authorities, the formal training indicators again showed a drop in 2004, except for the …

of 2 to 5 between branches. Finally, in regard to training, the financial effort indicator declined once again in 2005 …. The training budget is estimated to be 1.05 p.c. of staff costs in 2005, against 1.13 p.c. in 2004 and a peak of 1.42 p ….c. in 2000. However, there was a slight increase in the rate of employees’ participation in training : 36 p.c. of workers …

. Despite a rise in the number of training firms, budgets for both formal and informal training were revised downwards in 2009 …. In all, firms devoted 1.63 p.c. of staff costs to training their workers, compared with 1.72 p.c. a year earlier, a …, except where informal training was concerned. …

discernible in terms of hourly costs, depending on the size and branch of activity of the companies. In terms of training, the … results for 2006 still fall well short of the set targets : training costs accounted for 1.17 p.c. of the total wage bill … in training was only 35.2 p.c. whereas a target has been set of 50 p.c. by 2010. Growth was nevertheless recorded between …