improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated … with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements. The business apps training was offered to migrant entrepreneurs … running small firms in Athens (Greece) over three months, with data collected before and after the training. The analysis …

Firms frequently provide general skill training to workers at the firm's cost. Theories proposed that labor market … firms. We first document that the firm provides upfront training, and show that both workers' tenure and the initial fee … charged to clients are positively related to the length of training, but the initial wage paid to workers is not. We then …

European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms … remain – and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …

, Pakistan: 1) provision of air pollution forecasts; 2) general training in forecasting. Both reduced subjects' own air pollution … forecast errors; the training effect suggests that modest educational interventions can durably improve forecasting skills …

in training per employee after adopting advanced digital technologies (ADT). We estimate with a control function approach … firm-level production functions augmented with two factors, the training stock per employee and digital technology use. We … show that ADT use and employee training are substitutes in production, implying that an increase in the former negatively …

encouraged additional firm-sponsored training despite pandemic-related restrictions indicating that investments in digital … technologies and training are complements. We then demonstrate that the additional investments helped firms to insure workers …

Do returns to training differ if training is accompanied by technological innovations at the workplace? We analyze this … allow for individual time trends. The findings indicate positive wage effects and more job stability for training … of new technology adoption and of training participation does not make individuals better off in terms of wages or job …

This paper analyzes the effects of training quality on the likelihood of treatment completion by estimating dose …-response functions via a generalized propensity score. Results show a statistically positive relationship between training quality and …