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Labour-Market Attachment And Training Participation

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  • TOSHIE IKENAGA
  • DAIJI KAWAGUCHI

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This paper examines how expected attachment to the labor market and expected tenure at a specific firm affect training participation. The results, based on cross-sectional data from Japan, indicate that expected attachment to the labor market affects participation in both employer- and worker-initiated training, while expected tenure at a specific firm mainly explains participation in employer-initiated training. These two attachment indices explain almost half of the gender gap in training participation. Employers in a less competitive labor market are more likely to offer employer-initiated training to their workers.
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  • Toshie Ikenaga & Daiji Kawaguchi, 2013. "Labour-Market Attachment And Training Participation," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 64(1), pages 73-97, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecrev:v:64:y:2013:i:1:p:73-97
    DOI: 10.1111/jere.2013.64.issue-1
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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