training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of … apprentices in order to collect the returns from its investment in their training which frequently is associated with net costs …. On the other hand, the firm dismisses apprentices if training is viewed by the firm as a screening device or if …

-for training. Both channels lead to a decline in TFP. We test these implications in a large panel of Spanish manufacturing firms …

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 …

market has become as volatile as the US one. -- search ; matching ; training ; firing costs ; productivity differentials …

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 …