This paper analyzes how life-cycle unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of the training firm. We … start from the hypotheses that the size of training firms reduces long-run cumulated unemployment exposure, e.g. via … differences in training quality and in the availability of internal labor markets, and that the access to large training firms …

We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various … forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages …. We initially present descriptive information about training: we find that most work-related training is viewed by its …

Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white … observed patterns of the fast decrease in unemployment as immigrants first find blue-collar jobs and attend training, followed … by a gradual movement to white-collar occupations. The estimated rates of return to local training, local experience and …

smaller training costs, so that the welfare implications of each type of economy are a priori ambiguous: no model dominates …

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … and negative relationship between educational attainment and on the job training and no significant relationship between … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …

industries, or received training by multinationals. …