European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms … remain - and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …

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 …

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 analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program "Bildungsprämie". The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance …. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of … training can be recouped in short periods of time. These results follow from different identification approaches, including …

current business cycle expectations of German firms. To the extent that the training decision of a firm depends on its …