Human capital – the productive capacity that is embedded in people – is one of the most important contributors to the growth in nations’ output and standard of living. Globalisation and technological change have increased the importance of human capital in recent years, to the point that...

This paper examines crowding-out effects and the labour market match for the tertiary educated in 26 OECD countries, using attainment data and data on labour market outcomes from Education at a Glance 2006. A first-difference approach is applied on a three-period, pooled country-panel to examine...

Firms' investments in training their employees constitute a substantial part of the overall investments for an average firm. Despite difficulties in accessing company-based data on training, recent research has shown that these investments generate considerable gains for firms in terms of...