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 … training incidence varies significantly across countries and birth cohorts. I show that individuals have a higher training …

?advantage? previously enjoyed by men in respect of training incidence and reported in earlier work in the literature has been … reversed. The present paper explores the sources of the gender differential in training incidence using Labour Force Survey …

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 …

This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 …,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … impact on participation in training modules. Nevertheless, the increase was partially offset by a deadweight loss in excess …

This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 …,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … impact on participation in training modules. Nevertheless, the increase was partially offset by a deadweight loss in excess …

Many empirical studies consider either training activities of the unemployed or training activities of the employees in … time use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of the Federal Statistical Office, the amount of training is compared for both groups … only 49% of the unemployed persons participate in any kind of training activities off the job. In case of the full …

on workers' training participation. We use unique matched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch … in training courses among older employees, although exclusively for those employed in large organizations. …

So far the literature has found that the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is ambiguous. On … the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus training should be counter-cyclical. On … training incidence pro-cyclical. Using the Canadian panel of Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) we find that (i) training …

probability to participate in different training measures. We find that training participation probabilities are inverted u …-shaped with age and that longer training measures are undertaken earlier in life and working career, respectively. These findings …