This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …

requirements. They may react either by training or hiring the newskills, or by a combination of both. We first show that ICT are … evidenceof external labour market strategies based on “excess turnover”. In contrast, French firmsheavily rely on training in …

This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact onproductivity and wages. To … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theoriesthat explain work related training …

The existing literature on training is concerned with understanding the reasons whyfirms pay for the general skills of … willingnessof firms to pay for general training, and accounts for the pattern of training provisionempirically observed. It is … acquisition of complementary specific skills by the worker.... …

information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the … net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper …