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Ethnic Differences in the Incidence and Determinants of Employer‐funded Training in Britain

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  • Michael Shields
  • Stephen Wheatley Price

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Non‐white full‐time employees were offered, and undertook, less training than whites in Britain in 1993–4, according to data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. Estimates of the determinants of training outcomes and training offers show a marked consistency across white and non‐white, male and female, employees. Over 90% of the average predicted training outcome differential, and 50%–60% of the difference in mean predicted training offers, cannot be explained by differences in observable characteristics between white and non‐white employees. These findings suggest that equal opportunities legislation has been unsuccessful in eliminating unequal access to employer‐funded training in Britain.

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  • Michael Shields & Stephen Wheatley Price, 1999. "Ethnic Differences in the Incidence and Determinants of Employer‐funded Training in Britain," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 46(5), pages 523-551, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scotjp:v:46:y:1999:i:5:p:523-551
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00146
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    1. Filipe Almeida‐Santos & Karen Mumford, 2005. "Employee Training And Wage Compression In Britain," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 73(3), pages 321-342, June.

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