Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching in these regions. Yet, there is no direct evidence that regional competition is...

A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching in these regions. Yet, there is no direct evidence that regional competition is...

Eine möglichst energieeffiziente und damit auch kostengünstige Produktion - welches Unternehmen wünscht sich dies nicht? In nahezu allen Bereichen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes wird eine effiziente Energienutzung immer wichtiger und in vielen Fällen sogar zum entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil...

Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by techno-logical, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environ-ment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, up-dated by current training and qualification tools. Publication of...

Fast ein Drittel aller Betriebe des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland setzte im Jahr 2014 Produkte im Ausland ab. Diese exportierenden Betriebe beschäftigten mehr als zwei Drittel aller Arbeitnehmer der Branche. Während 58 Prozent der Exportbetriebe im Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2014 die...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Unternehmen in NRW haben in den vergangenen Jahren im Bundesvergleich deutlich unterdurchschnittlich in F&E investiert. Der Anteil der Unternehmen des Landes, die in den vergangenen Jahren ihre bestehenden Produkte weiterentwickelt haben, entspricht dem Bundesniveau. Nachholbedarf besteht jedoch...

Firms may be reluctant to provide general training if workers can quit and use their gained skills elsewhere. "Training contracts" that impose a penalty for premature quitting can help alleviate this inefficiency. Using plausibly exogenous contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Combining weekly productivity data with weekly productivity beliefs for a large sample of truckers over two years, we show that workers tend to systematically and persistently over-predict their productivity. If workers are overconfident about their own productivity at the current firm relative...

2015 flüchteten 1,1 Millionen Menschen nach Deutschland. Trotz dieser massiven Herausforderung kann Deutschland eine erfolgreiche Einwanderungsgesellschaft werden, wenn es gelingt, die Menschen über Arbeit zu integrieren. Der Weg in Arbeit ist für Flüchtlinge allerdings voraussetzungsvoll...

This paper empirically analyses the effect of naturalisation on on-the-job training (OJT) participation among first-generation immigrants in Germany. OJT is associated with improved labour market outcomes and provides therefore an indicator for labour market integration. Naturalisation is...

Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by technological, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, updated by current training and qualification tools. At the junction of...

Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by technological, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, updated by current training and qualification tools. This research paper...

This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...

This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...

In this paper we develop a model capturing key features of the Roy model, a search model, compensating differentials, and human capital accumulation on-the-job. We establish which features of the model can be non-parametrically identified and which cannot. We estimate the model and use it to...

Angesichts sich verändernder Anforderungen an die Arbeitswelt mit zunehmenden grenzüberschreitenden Austauschbeziehungen und transnational agierenden Unternehmen ist die Internationalisierung der Berufsausbildung ein Thema von wachsender Bedeutung. Für den Erwerb internationaler beruflicher...

This paper analyses the effect of training participation on employees’ retention in the training company. It for the first time empirically combines the human capital and the monopsony theory by jointly controlling for the portability, visibility, and credibility of training. Based on an...

Im digitalen Wandel nehmen die Anforderungen an die Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten und das Wissen der Mitarbeiter zu. Die Einschätzungen der Unternehmen, die bereits einen hohen Grad der Digitalisierung ihrer geschäftlichen Aktivitäten aufweisen, geben Orientierung, wie sich die fortschreitende...

In this paper we assess the effectiveness of a social public procurement policy in Switzerland that gives firms that train apprentices a preferential treatment. We estimate the effectiveness of this social procurement policy on a firm's training participation, training intensity, and training...

Betriebliche Weiterbildung ist vor dem Hintergrund lebenslangen Lernens wichtig für alle Beschäftigten. Für eine arbeitnehmergerechte Weiterbildung muss der Betriebsrat an Prozessen beteiligt werden. Damit Betriebsratsmitglieder im System betrieblicher Weiterbildung motiviert und sachkundig...

Policymakers often propose a minimum wage as a means of raising incomes and lifting workers out of poverty. However, improvements in some young workers' incomes as a result of a minimum wage come at a cost to others. Minimum wages reduce employment opportunities for youths and create...