Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26852 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Ruhr Economic Papers No. 87
Publisher: 
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
Abstract: 
Using establishment data covering the time period 1997 to 2007, this paper investigates trends of employer-sponsored further training in Germany, with a focus on the share of establishments that undertake training investments. I find an increasing trend for West and East German establishments alike. Applying Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition techniques shows that this increase is unrelated to compositional changes of average establishment characteristics. As the characteristics considered in the analysis represent the most commonly used variables in the literature on the determinants of training, this raises some questions for future research.
Subjects: 
Continuous training
employers
time trends
decomposition analysis
JEL: 
J24
ISBN: 
978-3-86788-098-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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