Wiji Arulampalam () (Economics Department, University of Warwick, UK) Alison Booth () (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK)
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This paper explores the nexus between skills acquisition and labour market "flexibility" (which we proxy by contract type, part-time employment, and lack of union coverage), using the first five waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) conducted over the period 1991-1995. Our results show that workers on short-term employment contracts, or who are not covered by a union collective agreement, are significantly less likely to be invovled in any work-related training to improve or increase their skills. A man switching from a permanent contract to a temporary or fixed term contract is 19% less likely to receive training in his current job, while a comparable woman is nearly 14% less likely. A man moving from a union workplace to a non-union one is 9% less likely to receive training, while a woman making this transition is 11% less likely. In addition, we find that part-time male workers are 8% less likely to receive work-related training than their full-time counterparts. Our results suggest that there is a trade-off between expanding the more marginal forms of employment, and expanding the proportion of the workforce getting work-related training.
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Length: 25 Date of creation: Aug 1997 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:esl:ilrdps:013
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Find related papers by JEL classification: J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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Andrea Bassanini & Alison Booth & Giorgio Brunello & Maria De Paola & Edwin Leuven, 2005.
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