We use a long panel data set for four entry cohorts into an internal labor market to analyze the effect of age on the probability to participate in different training measures. We find that training participation probabilities are inverted u-shaped with age and that longer training measures are...

A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training. However, the extent of poaching, its determinants and consequences, remains an open empirical question. We provide a novel empirical identification strategy for poaching and...

Unbestritten kommt der Ausstattung und Qualität des Humankapitals eine immer größere Rolle für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Landes oder eines einzelnen Unternehmens zu. Dabei kann der Bestand an Humankapital zwar sowohl auf private als auch auf betriebliche oder staatliche...

According to standard human capital theory firm financed training cannot be explained if skills are of general nature. Nevertheless, investments of firms into general training can be observed and there has been a large literature to explain this puzzle, mostly referring to imperfect labor market...