Workplace Training in Europe

187 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2005

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Andrea Bassanini

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Alison L. Booth

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Giorgio Brunello

University of Padua - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Maria De Paola

Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

Edwin Leuven

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: June 2005

Abstract

This paper reviews the existing evidence on workplace training in Europe in different data sources - the CVTS, OECD data and the European Community Household Panel. We outline the differences in training incidence and relate these differences to the private costs and benefits of training, and to institutional factors such as unions, employment protection and product market competition. We ask whether there is a case for under-provision of training in Europe and examine alternative policies aiming both at raising training incidence and at reducing inequalities in the provision of skills.

Keywords: training, Europe, training policies

JEL Classification: J24

Suggested Citation

Bassanini, Andrea and Booth, Alison L. and Brunello, Giorgio and De Paola, Maria and Leuven, Edwin, Workplace Training in Europe (June 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=756405 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.756405

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