Firm-specific Training: Consequences for Job Mobility

Josef Zweimueller and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
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No 37, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of formal training on worker mobility. Using data the Swiss Labor Force Survey, we find that on-the-job search activities and, to a smaller extent, actual job separations are significantly affected by both employer-provided and general training. Moreover, while the separation probability of searching workers is strongly affected by previous firm-provided training, no such effect shows up for non-searchers. This is consistent with the hypothesis that workers bear most of the cost of specific training.

Keywords: firm-specific training; on-the-job-search; turnover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Working Paper: Firm-specific Training: Consequences for Job Mobility (2000)
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