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Several studies have shown that employees with temporary contracts have lower training participation than those with …, less likely to participate in formal training activities. In addition, we find evidence for complementarity between … training and informal learning for both temporary and permanent employees. Our findings suggest that temporary employment need …
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This paper studies the probability of receiving employer-paid training and training independently of who finance it for … Chile reduces the probability of receiving employer-paid training. We also find that this deficit is not compensated by … other types of training. This finding is important for two reasons. First, the proportion of temporary workers that obtain …
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Extant literature documents a relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and performance, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are still not well understood. We develop a theoretical framework of the HRM-performance relationship fusing an employment systems...
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firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific … training induce higher wages within jobs, and with future employers, even conditional on the future employer type. Because … at the opposite conclusion: That increased labor market friction reduces training in equilibrium …
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firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific … training induce higher wages within jobs, and with future employers, even conditional on the future employer type. Because … at the opposite conclusion: That increased labor market friction reduces training in equilibrium …
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smaller training costs, so that the welfare implications of each type of economy are a priori ambiguous: no model dominates …
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workplace training by discussing the implications of two different theoretical frameworks grounding on human capital theory and … presence of nonstandard workers and four different outcome variables related to workplace training and job-related practices …. By using data on Italian firms we get different results according to the type of nonstandard contract and training. Part …
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wage compression and training incidence in 11 European countries. I find that, after controlling for individual factors and … compression and training. This positive relationship is confirmed when I consider only general training. While the former finding … is consistent with both competitive and non - competitive approaches to training, the latter result is only consistent …
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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 … of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment careers, conditional on education …
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Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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