In this paper we use important new training and wage data from the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the impact of the national minimum wage (introduced in April 1999) on the work-related training of low-wage workers. We use two "treatment groups" for estimating the impact of the new...

In oligopsonistic labour markets, firms have some market power, and a wedge is created between wages and marginal product. When oligopsonistic firms' production technology requires generally trained workers, firms may therefore receive part of the returns to general training and be willing to...

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...

Betriebliche Weiterbildung hat innerhalb des Human Resource Managements von Unternehmen strategische Funktionen. Ihre Bedeutung nahm in den letzten Jahren vor allem im Zusammenhang von Organisationsänderungen sowie von neuen Technologien und Unternehmensstrategien zu. Wie kann betriebliche...