This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job …-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering … observables and unobservables as well as heterogeneous treatment effects. The results indicate that short-term training schemes …

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 …

This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To … endogeneity of input factors and training is applied. The productivity premium for a trained worker is estimated at 23%, while the … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theories that explain work related …

We use the variation of training policy over time and across Italian regions to identify the relationship between … individual training and earnings. Using longitudinal data for the period 1999 to 2005, we find that the marginal effect of one … additional week of formal training on monthly earnings is 4.4 percent. This effect declines rapidly over time and is equal to 0 …

participation in work-related training. The paper deals with the influence of fixed-term contracts on work-related training … probability of fixed-term employment and participating in work-related training. This model enables us to control for selection …-term contract does not mean a systematical disadvantage for the training probability of low-skilled employees. …

This study deals with the effect of fixed-term contracts on work-related training. Though previous studies found a … negative effect of fixed-term contracts on the participation in training, from the theoretical point of view it is not clear … whether workers with fixed-term contracts receive less or more training, compared to workers with permanent contracts. In …

Many empirical studies consider either training activities of the unemployed or training activities of the employees in … time use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of the Federal Statistical Office, the amount of training is compared for both groups … only 49% of the unemployed persons participate in any kind of training activities off the job. In case of the full …

This paper provides survey evidence on the influence of training on behavioral finance on professional fund managers … results reveal that training on behavioral finance basically intensifies the perception of biases in the behavior of others, i ….e. the reflection effect and the home bias. Training also reduces the affinity to conformity, leading to less reliance on …

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