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 …

complexity and its training requirements. When two tasks are equally complex, firms will automate the task that requires more … training and in which labor is hence more expensive. Under quite general conditions this leads to job polarization, a decline …. The model makes novel predictions regarding occupational training requirements, which we find to be consistent with US …

-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet … little is known about how successful such training may be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer …-employee panel dataset to assess why firms train and whether formal training affects wage outcomes in Vietnamese SMEs. Training is …

present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage …

present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage …

firm training have thus far not been considered. This paper is trying to bridge this gap by using a simple two period model … to previous work this is not sufficient to increase firms' training investments. The reason lies in the endogeneity of … separations, which become more frequent. -- Human capital ; wage rigidity ; training …

the probability that firms pay for continuous training. About half of all firms in the estimation sample cover all direct … and indirect training costs, which contradicts the standard human capital approach with perfect labor markets. The main … compression are indeed more likely to cover all direct and indirect training costs, which is consistent with theoretical …

first to analyse these differences. Quality differences of apprenticeship quality between training firms that have been … apprenticeship quality. -- Wage mark-up ; apprenticeship training ; occupations …

Job training is one of the most important aspects of skill formation and human capital accumulation. In this study we …-borns experience different opportunities in two well-defined measures of firm-sponsored training: on-the-job training and classroom … training. While we find no differences in on-the-job training between different groups, our results suggest that visible …

firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and … receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we find the reverse in the non-profit sector, with women being more … likely to receive both classroom and on-the-job training, and also receiving longer classroom training courses. Our results …