Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196808 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12310
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and using reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment careers, conditional on education. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after completing high school.
Subjects: 
gender wage gap
training
human capital
labor supply
JEL: 
J22
J24
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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