Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and … thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during … that economic shocks induce a rather small, pro-cyclical immediate response in the apprenticeship market. However, within a …

. These findings have potentially important implications for the economic theory of training, as most recent models assume …-sponsored training …

In periods of accelerating technological change, incumbent workers must continuously update their skills to remain …-to-date skills. We investigate how incumbent workers' careers respond to the increasing labor supply of graduates with more … technologically advanced IT skills during a period of accelerating technological change. We identify a supply shock of more …

difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario … university education among individuals with lower academic skills. …

confidence in one's abilities and noncognitive skills and characteristics in predicting several subsequent MBA program and … relationships. Self-reported noncognitive skills correlate similarly for men's and women's managerial, earnings and employment …

managers to evaluate which skill signals such as cognitive skills, social skills and maturity are valued by employers when … - cognitive skills, social skills, and maturity - affect the probability of being invited for a job interview. GPAs and social … skills prove relevant for both genders and both groups of labour-market entrants. The relevance of other signals differs in …

growth. Each of these results are consistent with wage compression that skills acquired through training and learning …Firms frequently provide general skill training to workers at the firm's cost. Theories proposed that labor market … firms. We first document that the firm provides upfront training, and show that both workers' tenure and the initial fee …