Training participation of a firm's aging workforce

Abstract

"We use a long panel data set for four cohorts of male blue-collar workers entering into an internal labor market to analyze the effect of age on the probability of participating in different employer-financed training measures. We find that training participation probabilities are inverted u-shaped with age and that longer training measures are undertaken earlier in life and working career. These findings are consistent with predictions from a human capital model that incorporates amortization period and screening effects." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U. (2012): Training participation of a firm's aging workforce. In: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 131-147.