breakdown of staff numbers by educational level. On average, women tend to have a more intensive level of training than men …. Workers’ educational requirements vary considerably according to the branch of activity. Since the year 2008, training … activities have been broken down between formal and informal vocational training and initial training, whereas before only formal …

Survey 2008 (BOS 2008). The paper evaluates the impact of skills shortages on the incidence and intensity of training across …The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand … firms. The study uses a specially designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations …

by rapid growth, or are they still struggling with employment overhang? What are the occupations and skills in which …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

where firms who match with entrant workers have to incur training costs. As a result, firms are biased against entrant …

by rapid growth, or are they still struggling with employment overhang? What are the occupations and skills in which …

There is growing interest by policy makers in the gap between those who have skills in information technologies and … participate in computer-related training provided by employers and other agencies. The results from bivariate probit models … suggest that the factors determining participation in computer-related training differ significantly from the factors …

school leavers who do not undertake any further education or training after leaving school. Using eight indicators of …