Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job … characteristics, we find a difference between males and females in the correlation of training with job satisfaction which is positive … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We …

life-long-learning strategies. In this paper our aim is to explain to what extent the variation in training investments is … determinants of training. Rather than analyzing single determinants or groups of variables, we decompose the variation into a … show that both firm-, job- and worker-level heterogeneity explains training participation and that firm heterogeneity is …

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 …

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

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

This paper analyses the effect of the economic crisis in 2008 and 2009 on individual training activities of different … on individual training history (WeLL-ADIAB). The so-called Great Recession can be seen as an exogenous, unexpected, and … crisis on the training participation and the number of training measures. We find a direct negative effect of the crisis on …

The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German … Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment … effects (ATE and ATT) of general and firm-specific continuous training programs using several state-of-the-art propensity …

-sponsored training. Using matched worker-firm data from Dutch manufacturing, our paper empirically assesses the validity of these … predictions. We find that a decrease in labor market frictions significantly reduces firms' training expenditures. Instead …, product market competition does not have an effect on firm-sponsored training. We conclude that increasing competition through …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job … characteristics, we find a difference between males and females in the correlation of training with job satisfaction which is positive … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We …

from the training firms’ point of view. Negative selection leads to lower average wages of employer changersin the first … training firm retention rates. Additional training firm signals are high apprenticeship wages that signal a positive selection …