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23. Oktober 2013

BeNA - Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung

Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers

Termin

23. Oktober 2013
18:30 Uhr

Ort

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Room 125
Spandauer Str. 1
10178 Berlin

Sprecher*innen

Marcus Tamm, RWI

Abstract: The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among firms. Using worker level data for Germany we find that the hypothesis is supported empirically. Specifically, we find that employees are significantly less likely to participate in training if the density of firms in a sector is higher within the local labor market.

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