Is Training More Frequent When Wage Compression is Higher? Evidence from 11 European Countries

26 Pages Posted: 30 Jan 2002

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Giorgio Brunello

University of Padua - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Date Written: January 2002

Abstract

In this empirical paper, I use the 1996 wave of the ECHP dataset to investigate the relationship between measures of wage compression and training incidence in 11 European countries. I find that, after controlling for individual factors and country specific institutional differences, there is evidence of a positive and significant relationship between wage compression and training. This positive relationship is confirmed when I consider only general training. While the former finding is consistent with both competitive and non-competitive approaches to training, the latter result is only consistent with the non-competitive approach.

Keywords: Training, Europe

JEL Classification: J24, J31

Suggested Citation

Brunello, Giorgio, Is Training More Frequent When Wage Compression is Higher? Evidence from 11 European Countries (January 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=298022 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.298022

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