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Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers

Rzepka, Sylvi; Tamm, Marcus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among...

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Does Learning Beget Learning Throughout Adulthood? Evidence from Employees' Training Participation

Kramer, Anica; Tamm, Marcus - 2016

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be due to skills learned in early periods increasing returns to educational investments in later periods. This paper addresses the question whether the complementarity between...

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Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers

Rzepka, Sylvi; Tamm, Marcus - 2013

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Firm Training

Black, Dan A.; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2023

Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...

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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008

implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers' knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …

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The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions

Caponi, Vincenzo; Kayahan, Cevat Burc; Plesca, Miana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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 the other hand, a positive shock may be related to the...

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Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; de Paola, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

between local knowledge spillovers and training generates a positive correlation with local density; on the other hand, the …

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Money Matters: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training

Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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. User behavior was compared with a control group...

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Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility

Gielen, Anne Christina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Market imperfections may cause firms and workers to under-invest in specific training. This paper shows that profit sharing may be a suitable instrument to enhance specific training investments, either by enhancing wage flexibility or by increasing the returns to training. As a result, profit...

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Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain

Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who funds the training (employee or employer); and the skill...

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