Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171038 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11054
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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 liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship. We also make clear that while this relationship is very evident for the service sector it is largely missing for manufacturing where we confirm earlier results of no relationship.
Subjects: 
competition
employer provided training
manufacturing
services
JEL: 
J24
L00
M53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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