New evidence on the complementarity of education and training

Abstract

"We compare the incidence of training and the changing correlation of training with age for high and low skilled German workers between 1996 and 2004. Not only do highly skilled workers receive more training than low skilled workers at any point in time, also the increase in the provision of training disproportionately benefited those with high skills. Thus education and training appear to be complements and the gap in labor market performance between skill groups can be expected to widen over time. The share of training provided to older workers, particularly high skill older workers, increased substantially." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Riphahn, R. & Trübswetter, P. (2007): New evidence on the complementarity of education and training. (LASER discussion papers 04), Erlangen u.a., 26 p.