Firm-specific Training: Consequences for Job Mobility

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This paper analyzes the impact of formal training on worker mobility. Using data from 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 firmprovided 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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 138

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Firm-specific training ; on-the-job-search ; turnover ; Betriebliche Bildungsarbeit ; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Schweiz

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf ; Zweimüller, Josef
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2000

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20978
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET