employment protection legislation (EPL) on firm-provided training using a regression discontinuity design. Our analysis … demonstrates that higher levels of EPL reduce firms’ incentives to invest in workers’ training. The number of trained workers … confounding factors (e.g., worker councils). The EPL effect on training is not mediated by different levels of investment in …

studies the impact of trade on wages and worker training. Wages and training fell for workers employed in sectors where the …

This paper examines a training intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among employees of a … the training on store- and individual- level productivity. The intervention was more effective in boosting leadership than … findings confirm the possibility of increasing productivity through training targeting critical soft-skills. …

, often competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that firms that invest in apprenticeship training generally reap good … training costs. Generally, the first year of apprenticeships involves significant costs, but subsequently, the apprentice …

likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that … employees are more likely to receive training when their jobs are characterized by greater decision-making autonomy and task … variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply …

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a qualification program for young people in which training is fully offered by …, whose participants make up a pertinent control group in order to measure the effects of the differentiated training provided … that participation in the training program positively affects the employability of youngsters, having an impact on …

likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that … employees are more likely to receive training when their jobs are characterized by greater decision-making autonomy and task … variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply …

This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data … indicate that after training workers are more engaged in non-routine interactive tasks than they were before training. Analyses … by topic of training reveal considerable heterogeneity in the impact of training on job tasks. In particular, it is …

likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that … employees are more likely to receive training when their jobs are characterized by greater decision-making autonomy and task … variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply …

This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data … indicate that after training workers are more engaged in non-routine interactive tasks than they were before training. Analyses … by topic of training reveal considerable heterogeneity in the impact of training on job tasks. In particular, it is …