Labor-Market Attachment and Training Participation

Toshie Ikenaga () and Daiji Kawaguchi
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Toshie Ikenaga: Hitotsubashi University

No 5081, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines how expected attachment to the labor market and expected tenure at a specific firm affect training participation. The results, based on cross-sectional data from Japan, indicate that expected attachment to the labor market affects participation in both employer- and worker-initiated training, while expected tenure at a specific firm mainly explains participation in employer-initiated training. These two attachment indices explain almost half of the gender gap in training participation. Employers in a less competitive labor market are more likely to offer employer-initiated training to their workers.

Keywords: Japan; job tenure; labor market attachment; training; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J61 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2010-07
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Published - published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2013, 64 (1), 73–97

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