We study the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theoretical model indicates that there are two … contrasting effects of deregulation on training. With a given number of firms, deregulation reduces the size of rents per unit of … output that firms can reap by training their employees. Yet, the number of firms increases, thereby raising output and profit …

After graduation many students start working in sectors not related to their field of study or participate in training …

We estimate the effect of training quality on earnings using a Peruvian program, which targets disadvantaged youths … training courses is based on public bidding processes that assign standardized scores to multiple proxies for quality. Second … individuals attending high-quality training courses have higher average and marginal treatment impacts. External validity was …

moderating factors play an important role. While teamwork interacts positively with employer-provided further training and a …

This paper assesses the dynamics of treatment effects arising from variation in the duration of training. We use German ….e. days of training, to the individual post-treatment employment probability (the response). The dose-response function is … planned training durations as treatment variables: If only actual durations are observed, treatment effect estimates may be …

This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British …, financial performance, labour productivity and product quality. While there is clear evidence that training is positively … relationship between training and performance is complex, depending on both the particular measures of training and of performance …

workers who participated in firm-specific training in their early careers retire earlier than workers with a general training … background. This indicates that shared investments in firm-specific training are embedded in implicit contracts that induce early …

This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 …,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … impact on participation in training modules. Nevertheless, the increase was partially offset by a deadweight loss in excess …

This paper studies the role of training vouchers and caseworkers in public training programs. Using a rich … introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on participants. Besides estimating the overall reform effect … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …