On-the-job training, wages and digitalisation: evidence from European firms

Cecilia Jona-Lasinio and Francesco Venturini ()

International Journal of Manpower, 2023, vol. 45, issue 3, 500-520

Abstract: Purpose - The authors illustrate that there are significant differences in the wage performance across companies in relation to the digital content of their production and training activities. Design/methodology/approach - Using company-level data from three waves of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (2005, 2010 and 2015), this paper provides an overview on European firms implementing training and the magnitude of their training effort. Findings - The authors conduct a regression analysis documenting that a wage premium of 9% is associated with companies undertaking training and that an additional 8% is paid by firms arranging training for IT skills-intensive workers. The latter effect is pervasive across sectors and is not strictly related to industry exposure to the digital transformation. Originality/value - The authors assess the wage effect of training, in relation to the digital content of firm production or job tasks, using a large set of European companies (112,000), from countries with different degree of specialisation and institutional setting. The analysis covers a significant period of time of the last wave of digitalisation (2005, 2010, 2015).

Keywords: Training; Wage premium; European firms; Upskilling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-10-2022-0469

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