Wage Differentiation Via Subsidised General Training

29 Pages Posted: 28 Feb 2003

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V. Bhaskar

University of Essex

Steinar Holden

University of Oslo - Department of Economics; Norges Bank; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: January 2003

Abstract

We provide a new explanation for why firms pay for general training in a competitive labor market. If firms are unable to tailor individual wages to ability, for informational or institutional reasons, they will pay for general training in order to attract better quality workers. The market provision of training may well exceed the first best level. Our explanation relies on wage compression within skill categories, while imperfect competition based explanations for firm subsidised general training rely on wage compression across skill categories.

JEL Classification: J31, D82

Suggested Citation

Bhaskar, V. and Holden, Steinar, Wage Differentiation Via Subsidised General Training (January 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=382920 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.382920

V. Bhaskar

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