We overview different methods to measure the returns to training and compare them with respect to the design of the … firm-based training. By this it might be possible to overcome the practitioners’ resentments towards quantitative …

A quality-adjusted specification of labor is suggested which allows firm training to affect labor efficiency. To assess … probability that training expenditures result in net decreases in total costs. Judging from the corresponding point estimates …

We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for … British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill … levels of the recipient (white or blue collar); the age of the employee; and if the training is with the current employer or …

We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and … company allow us to address issues such as unobserved heterogeneity and the length of potential training effects. Our main … training. The effect on suggestions is however only short term. Promotion probabilities are largest directly after training but …

In Europe, accounting standards prevent larger expenditures on employer-sponsored training from being treated as … investments. Using Sweden as example, we discuss two consequences for training. First, the timing: training will be conducted when … income is large enough for training costs to be deducted without loss. This is more often possible during booms than …

We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and … company allow us to address issues such as unobserved heterogeneity and the length of potential training effects. Our main … training. The effect on suggestions is however only short term. Promotion probabilities are largest directly after training but …

This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees’ retention in the training company. It for the …, visibility, and credibility of training. Based on an extensive German linked-employer-employee data set with detailed information … on training history (WeLL-ADIAB), we show that training increases employees’ retention. We compare the probability to …