determinants of inequality in workers’ formal life-long learning (LLL) in Europe. In particular we investigate the incidence of …

This paper is an empirical investigation of the complementarity between education and training in 13 European countries …, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). After confirming the standard result that training incidence is … higher among individuals with more education, I find that the relationship between educational attainment and training …

We develop a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our … deregulation reduces profits per unit of output, and thereby reduces training. On the other hand, the number of firms increases …, and so does the output gain from training, which facilitates the investment in training. Our numerical simulation shows …

This paper reviews empirical evidence, especially from Europe, on how education and training policies can be designed … education and schools over vocational and higher education to training and lifelong learning. The available evidence suggests … deliver best results. Designed this way, education and training systems can advance efficiency and equity at the same time. …

A critical examination is made of the ways in which UK construction skills training contributes to and diverges from … intended to help in the formulation of a common training policy. These aspects include: (i) comprehensive training systems …, the site and the training workshop- with increasing prominence being given to workshops and trainee sites; (ii) a modular …

This paper reviews the existing evidence on workplace training in Europe in different data sources - the CVTS, OECD … product market competition. We ask whether there is a case for under-provision of training in Europe and examine alternative … data and the European Community Household Panel. We outline the differences in training incidence and relate these …

We study the impact of regulatory barriers to entry on workplace training. We develop a model of training in … training. As stressed in the literature, with a given number of firms, deregulation reduces the size of rents per unit of … output that firms can reap by training their employees. Yet, the number of firms increases following deregulation, thereby …

We study the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theoretical model indicates that there are two … contrasting effects of deregulation on training. With a given number of firms, deregulation reduces the size of rents per unit of … output that firms can reap by training their employees. Yet, the number of firms increases, thereby raising output and profit …