The incidence of vocational training is influenced by characteristics of workers and firms. The authors investigate the determinants of both employer-arranged training and individually organized training. The data relate to training spells experienced by 2,000 British workers in 1984-87, when...

Summarizes changing employment patterns. Documents the rising incidence of vocational training for the economically active adult workforce, using data from successive Labour Force Surveys, and considers the issue of positive externalities arising from worker mobility.