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 …

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 …

on workers' training participation. We use unique matched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch … in training courses among older employees, although exclusively for those employed in large organizations. …

So far the literature has found that the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is ambiguous. On … the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus training should be counter-cyclical. On … training incidence pro-cyclical. Using the Canadian panel of Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) we find that (i) training …

probability to participate in different training measures. We find that training participation probabilities are inverted u …-shaped with age and that longer training measures are undertaken earlier in life and working career, respectively. These findings …

This paper examines how expected attachment to the labor market and expected tenure at a specific firm affect training … participation in both employer- and worker-initiated training, while expected tenure at a specific firm mainly explains … participation in employer-initiated training. These two attachment indices explain almost half of the gender gap in training …