Market Imperfections and Firm-Sponsored Training

25 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2010

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Matteo Picchio

Marche Polytechnic University - Department of Economic and Social Science; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; SHERPPA - Ghent University

Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

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Date Written: June 2010

Abstract

Recent human capital theories predict that labor market frictions and product market competition influence firm-sponsored training. Using matched worker-firm data from Dutch manufacturing, our paper empirically assesses the validity of these predictions. We find that a decrease in labor market frictions significantly reduces firms' training expenditures. Instead, product market competition does not have an effect on firm-sponsored training. We conclude that increasing competition through international integration and globalization does not pose a threat to investments in on-the-job training. An increase in labor market flexibility may reduce incentives of firms to invest in training, but the magnitude of this effect is small.

Keywords: firm-sponsored training, labor market frictions, matched worker-firm data, product market competition

JEL Classification: D43, J24, J42, L22

Suggested Citation

Picchio, Matteo and van Ours, Jan C., Market Imperfections and Firm-Sponsored Training (June 2010). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7881, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1640403

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