This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

Using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, this paper explores the determinants of firms' training decisions … factors; training programs are not prevalent in all sectors. In addition, the share of workers receiving training depends on … workers receiving training is low and that the extensive and intensive margins of training are affected by different sets of …

This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from … training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on … individual worker performance before and after training. We find that participation in the training programme leads to a 10 …

We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and … company allow us to address issues such as unobserved heterogeneity and the length of potential training effects. Our main … training. The effect on suggestions is however only short term. Promotion probabilities are largest directly after training but …

of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart from their ability to transform training into skills …

of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart from their ability to transform training into skills …

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 …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job … characteristics, we find a difference between males and females in the correlation of training with job satisfaction which is positive … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We …

This study analyses the effects of training participation on wages and perceived job security for employees of … training by an increase in wages, whereas older employees' worries about losing their job are reduced. This observation can … also be explained by the fact that goals of training courses are related to the age of participants. Moreover, I …

This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training (Employability-miles) voucher scheme that aims to … non-voucher training shows little relation to personality traits. From a human resources perspective, this finding … suggests that by employing a voucher scheme, the firm makes training participation more dependent on employee personality and …