The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities

Christoph Müller ()
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Christoph Müller: Institute for Employment Research: Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2024, vol. 58, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates whether the adoption of E-learning by firms contributed to offset the decrease in firm-sponsored training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a novel firm level survey linked with administrative data on the universe of workers within those firms, I study the role of E-learning in firms’ training activities during the crisis. I find that the COVID-19 pandemic substantially decreased firm-sponsored training by up to 11 percentage points. However, firms’ ability to use E-learning nullifies this negative effect. Furthermore, the differential capabilities of firms to apply E-learning might exacerbate already prevalent inequalities in training opportunities.

Keywords: Inequality in firm-financed training; Labor market inequality; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 I24 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1186/s12651-024-00382-x

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