workplace training by discussing the implications of two different theoretical frameworks grounding on human capital theory and … presence of nonstandard workers and four different outcome variables related to workplace training and job-related practices …. By using data on Italian firms we get different results according to the type of nonstandard contract and training. Part …

In this paper the issues from the personnel economics has been investigated. The issues such as training of workers …

engineering sense) of the task, against the cost of employing workers, which is increasing in training time required by the task …. Insights from artificial intelligence and robotics suggest that some tasks do not require training regardless of complexity …, while in other tasks training is required and increases in complexity. In equilibrium, firms are more likely to automate a …

The possibility of adverse selection by training firms is common theoretical argument for company-sponsored investments … in general skills. The paper derives a public and a private signal after apprenticeship training and shows that training …

active labour market policy in Germany by a reform in 2003. Instead of being assigned to training courses by caseworkers …

determine the equilibrium skill acquisition outcomes and show that both "pure" (training set by either firms or unions only) and … "mixed" (training set by firms and unions) training scenarios may emerge at equilibrium. We show that firms have generally … greater training incentives than unions, resulting in a higher product quality. In line with empirical evidence, we also find …

convergent thinking), and compares two main educational policies (scholarships vs. training) in terms of their impacts on the …, provided both divergent and convergent thinking have achieved a sufficiently large degree; and that unstructured training in … or unstructured training in convergent thinking (e.g., in art schools) are necessary to reach more intelligent but less …

besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and training schemes. Finally, we investigate whether prior … long-term unemployment. Training programmes organised by labour offices should not be regarded as a panacea for the …

This paper investigates the relation between workers on-the-job training activities and the degree of wage compression … in their occupation. With respect to general training as opposed to firm-specific training human capital theory implies … that the worker initiates and finances the training when there is a negative relationship. A positive relation between …