Theoretical debate suggests at least three strategies for firms to provide training to employees in the same job … providing the same level of training to all workers in the same job position and setting this level according to the average …

This paper investigates the impact of training and education on productivity, in particular linking to a literature … that emphasizes the need to reorganise production following adoption of ICT. The paper examines training at the total … examines the characteristics of those who receive training and outlines the incentives that underlie this. …

This paper establishes that the rise in employer-provided training due to technological change has dampened the college … wage premium. Using unique survey micro-data, I show that hightechnology firms provide more training overall, but the gap … in training participation between high- and low-skill workers is smaller within these firms. To understand the aggregate …

This paper establishes that the rise in employer-provided training due to technological change has dampened the college … wage premium. Using unique survey micro-data, I show that hightechnology firms provide more training overall, but the gap … in training participation between high- and low-skill workers is smaller within these firms. To understand the aggregate …

This paper discusses the education, training and skill development policies in Sudan using a combination of new … enhancing the educational system, provision of training and transfer of knowledge. Different from the Sudanese literature, an … efficiency criterion related to the supply and demand sides of education and training policies in Sudan. We provide a new …

This paper discusses the education, training and skill development policies in Sudan using a combination of new … enhancing the educational system, provision of training and transfer of knowledge. Different from the Sudanese literature, an … efficiency criterion related to the supply and demand sides of education and training policies in Sudan. We provide a new …

A meta-analysis is used to study the average wage effects of on-the-job training. This study shows that the average … reported wage effect of on-the-job training, corrected for publication bias, is 2.6 per cent per course. The analyses reveal a … substantial heterogeneity between training courses, while wage effects reported in studies based on instrumental variables and …