The apprenticeship system is the most important source of formal post-secondary training in Germany. Our paper … contributes to the ongoing debate as to why firms are willing to invest in such training even though many apprentices will leave … the training firm soon after completion of the apprenticeship. Using German register data – the IAB Employment Sample – we …

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 …

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 …

firm training have thus far not been considered. This paper is trying to bridge this gap by using a simple two period model … to previous work this is not sufficient to increase firms' training investments. The reason lies in the endogeneity of …

combination with continuous training. Based on German micro data, we find empirical evidence in support of training leading to … innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union …

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 …

on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative … training. This result is robust towards different samples, model specifications and estimation techniques. …

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 …