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General Human Capital and Employment Adjustment in the Great Depression : Apprentices and Journeymen in UK Engineering
Hart, t A. - 2010
The relationship between training and firm-level employment adjustment given an unanticipated fall in product demand has been central to human capital theory. The most cataclysmic negative output shock occurred in 1929-30. At this time, easily the most important source of United Kingdom general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760891
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General Human Capital and Employment Adjustment in the Great Depression : Apprentices and Journeymen in UK Engineering
Hart, Robert A. - 2021
The relationship between training and firm-level employment adjustment given an unanticipated fall in product demand has been central to human capital theory. The most cataclysmic negative output shock occurred in 1929/30. At this time, easily the most important source of United Kingdom general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319890
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Who pays for general training? : new evidence for British men and women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages. We initially present descriptive information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411235
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Wages, Experience and Training of Women Over the Lifecycle
Blundell, Richard W. - 2019
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870170
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021
We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321313
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Wages, experience and training of women over the lifecycle
Blundell, Richard W.; Goll, David; Dias, Mónica Costa; … - 2019
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003766
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Wages, Experience and Training of Women Over the Lifecycle
Blundell, Richard W.; Costa Dias, Monica; Goll, David; … - 2019
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK- BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014106671
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Wages, Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle
Blundell, Richard W.; Costa Dias, Monica; Goll, David; … - 2020
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS. Based on a lifecycle model and using tax and welfare bene t reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094174
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Evidence on training and career paths : human capital, information and incentives
Melero, Eduardo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, I analyse the relationship between job-related training and career progress of workers. Most theories of … career paths and task assignment rely on human capital accumulation. Therefore, it seems natural to start assessing the … empirical validity of such theories by analysing the effect of training on the career progress of an individual. I use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002481920