This paper explains the main features of an innovative linked employer-employee data set with a particular focus on continuous training in Germany, calledWeLL. The data set comprises establishment data that can be linked to longitudinal information on the associated employees. The employer...

"Im Rahmen des Projekts 'Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens' (WeLL) wird ein Linked Employer-Employee-Datensatz im Paneldesign erstellt, welcher umfangreiche Informationen zur beruflichen Weiterbildung enthält. Durch die Wahl eines Employer-Employee-Ansatzes können...

Die Gesellschaft Deutschlands befindet sich nicht zuletzt aufgrund des technologischen Wandels, einer stetig zunehmenden Internationalisierung und demographischer Veränderungen bereits seit den siebziger Jahren auf dem Weg in eine wissensbasierte Dienstleistungsgesellschaft. Zu diesem Wandel,...

This paper investigates how to test for nonresponse selection bias in wage functions induced by missing income information. We suggest an “easy-to-implement” approach which requires information on interviewer IDs and the interview date rather than hard-to-get interviewer characteristics.

"The main target of the project 'Further Training as a Part of Lifelong Learning' (Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens - WeLL) is to establish a data set with the particular focus on continuous training that contains information on training investments of employers and...

Der Bericht fasst die Aktivitäten des Projektteams während der dreijährigen Laufzeit von 2007 bis 2009 des Projekts WeLL („Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens“) zusammen. Insbesondere werden die im Rahmen des Projekts erhobenen Daten und deren...

Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees’ training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

Using a large panel data set of German manufacturing establishments, this paper investigates the impact of competition on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative relationship between product market competition and firms’...

This paper evaluates the impact of a training voucher program on establishments' investments in further training. The voucher program that was implemented in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia increased training incentives for employees in small and medium-sized establishments by...