of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training …

In this paper, we study whether Swiss employers substitute between training apprentices and hiring cross-border workers …. Because both training apprentices and hiring skilled workers are costly for firms, we hypothesize that (easier) access to … cross-border workers will lead some employers to substitute away from training their own workers. We account for potential …

vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India …. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more … selection into training: as a result of the intervention, trainees that are over-optimistic about placement jobs are more likely …

stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as … classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through …

be driven by higher-skilled workers. The results for training are less clear, but suggest that higher-skilled immigration … may have a positive impact on the training of native workers. We discuss the implications for post-Brexit immigration …