This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees’ retention in the training company. It for the …, visibility, and credibility of training. Based on an extensive German linked-employer-employee data set with detailed information … on training history (WeLL-ADIAB), we show that training increases employees’ retention. We compare the probability to …

Does better access to skilled workers reduce firms' willingness to provide general skills training to unskilled workers …-in-Differences estimates suggest that firm-provided training and access to skilled workers are not necessarily substitutes: opening the borders …

Does better access to foreign workers reduce firms' willingness to provide general skills training to unskilled workers … Difference-in-Differences estimates suggest that firm-provided training to unskilled workers and access to foreign workers are …

with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an … institutions at that the end of apprenticeship training can be signalled to outside employers. Apprenticeship graduates however … cannot signal their work-related ability – measured by a small voluntary bonus paid by the training employer – to the outside …

This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate the effects of formal training on … employment duration. Using an approach meant to distinguish between training as an unconditional investment and training as an … outcome conditional on the quality of the job match, I find that on-site training received early in an employment spell …

This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate the effects of formal training on … employment duration. Using an approach meant to distinguish between training as an unconditional investment and training as an … outcome conditional on the quality of the job match, I find that on-site training received early in an employment spell …

This paper shows that firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) provide training to their workers less … countries might use to substantially increase firm-supplied training by MENA firms. In particular, it points to the potential … favorable to training over time. …

Standard economic theory predicts that firms will not invest in general training and will underinvest in specific … training. Empirical evidence, however, indicates that firms do invest in general training of their workers. Evidence from … laboratory experiments points to less underinvestment in specific training than theory predicts. We propose a simple model in …

potentially adverse effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on training in dual labour markets due to larger firms …