This paper establishes that the rise in employer-provided training due to technological change has dampened the college … wage premium. Using unique survey micro-data, I show that hightechnology firms provide more training overall, but the gap … in training participation between high- and low-skill workers is smaller within these firms. To understand the aggregate …

relationship appears, either between initial training intensities and subsequent productivity changes, nor between changes in both …What has been the dynamics of productivity in the Italian business firms in the aftermath of the crisis? And what has … been the impact of training efforts upon such dynamics? In this work we address these questions exploring a unique Italian …

This paper combines unique experimental and survey data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a training … subsidized training program in stitching and tailoring. A random subset of applicants and non-applicants to the training program … were invited to participate in an artefactual field experiment and in a detailed socio-economic survey. We find that …

We study the allocation and productivity consequences of training production line supervisors in soft skills via a … randomized controlled trial. Consistent with standard practice for training investments within firms, we asked middle managers … -- who sit above supervisors in the hierarchy -- to nominate members of their supervisory team for training. Program access …

We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random … assignment of workers to a one-week training program. We compare experimental estimates of this program with non …-experimental estimates that are estimated by using a sample of agents who were selected by management not to participate in the experiment …