Self-perfection or self-selection? Unraveling the relationship between job-related training and adults’ literacy skills
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215971
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Carla Haelermans & Lex Borghans, 2012.
"Wage Effects of On-the-Job Training: A Meta-Analysis,"
British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 50(3), pages 502-528, September.
- Haelermans, C. & Borghans, L., 2011. "Wage effects of on-the-job training : a meta-analysis," ROA Research Memorandum 011, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
- Haelermans, C. & Borghans, L., 2011. "Wage effects of on-the-job training; a meta-analysis," Research Memorandum 054, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Haelermans, Carla & Borghans, Lex, 2011. "Wage Effects of On-the-Job Training: A Meta-Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 6077, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- James Heckman & Flavio Cunha, 2007.
"The Technology of Skill Formation,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 31-47, May.
- James Heckman & Pedro Carneiro & Flavio Cunha, 2004. "The Technology of Skill Formation," 2004 Meeting Papers 681, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Flavio Cunha & James Heckman, 2007. "The Technology of Skill Formation," NBER Working Papers 12840, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Cunha, Flavio & Heckman, James J., 2007. "The Technology of Skill Formation," IZA Discussion Papers 2550, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Hanushek, Eric A. & Schwerdt, Guido & Wiederhold, Simon & Woessmann, Ludger, 2015.
"Returns to skills around the world: Evidence from PIAAC,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 103-130.
- Eric A. Hanushek & Guido Schwerdt & Simon Wiederhold & Ludger Woessmann, 2013. "Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC," OECD Education Working Papers 101, OECD Publishing.
- Eric A. Hanushek & Guido Schwerdt & Simon Wiederhold & Ludger Woessmann, 2013. "Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence From PIAAC," Economics Working Papers 13114, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
- Hanushek, Eric A. & Schwerdt, Guido & Wiederhold, Simon & Woessmann, Ludger, 2013. "Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC," IZA Discussion Papers 7850, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Eric A. Hanushek & Guido Schwerdt & Simon Wiederhold & Ludger Woessmann, 2013. "Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC," NBER Working Papers 19762, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Eric A. Hanushek & Guido Schwerdt & Simon Wiederhold & Ludger Woessmann, 2014. "Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC," CESifo Working Paper Series 4597, CESifo.
- Wößmann, Ludger & Hanushek, Eric A. & Schwerdt, Guido & Wiederhold, Simon, 2014. "Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC," VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100388, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Jörn-Steffen Pischke, 2001.
"Continuous training in Germany,"
Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 14(3), pages 523-548.
- Pischke, J-S, 1996. "Continuous Training in Germany," Working papers 96-28, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
- Pischke, Jorn-Steffen, 2000. "Continuous Training In Germany," CEPR Discussion Papers 2428, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Pischke, Jörn-Steffen, 2000. "Continuous Training in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 137, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Jorn-Steffen Pischke, 1996. "Continuous Training in Germany," NBER Working Papers 5829, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Pischke, Jorn-Steffen, 2001. "Continuous training in Germany," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 2473, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Giorgio Brunello, 2004. "Labour Market Institutions and the Complementarity between Education and Training in Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora (ed.), Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe, chapter 8, pages 188-210, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora (ed.), 2004. "Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-0-230-52265-7, December.
- David H. Autor & Frank Levy & Richard J. Murnane, 2003.
"The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 118(4), pages 1279-1333.
- David H. Autor & Frank Levy & Richard J. Murnane, 2003. "The skill content of recent technological change: an empirical exploration," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue Nov.
- David H. Autor & Frank Levy & Richard J. Murnane, 2001. "The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration," NBER Working Papers 8337, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Filipe Almeida-Santos & Yekaterina Chzhen & Karen Mumford, 2010.
"Employee training and wage dispersion: white- and blue-collar workers in Britain,"
Research in Labor Economics, in: Jobs, Training, and Worker Well-being, pages 35-60,
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Almeida-Santos, Filipe & Chzhen, Yekaterina & Mumford, Karen A., 2010. "Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain," IZA Discussion Papers 4821, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Hanushek, Eric A. & Woessmann, Ludger, 2015. "The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262029170, April.
- Grit Muehler & Michael Beckmann & Bernd Schauenberg, 2007.
"The returns to continuous training in Germany: new evidence from propensity score matching estimators,"
Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 1(3), pages 209-235, November.
- Muehler, Grit & Beckmann, Michael & Schauenberg, Bernd, 2007. "The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-048, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
- Mühler, Grit & Beckmann, Michael & Schauenberg, Bernd, 2007. "Returns to continuous training in Germany: new evidence from propensity score matching estimators," Working papers 2007/04, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel.
- Edwin Leuven & Hessel Oosterbeek, 2008. "An alternative approach to estimate the wage returns to private-sector training," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 423-434.
- Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora, 2004. "Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora (ed.), Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe, chapter 1, pages 3-7, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Andrea Cegolon, 2015. "Determinants and Learning Effects of Adult Education-Training: a Cross-National Comparison Using PIAAC Data," DoQSS Working Papers 15-11, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.
- Ehlert, Martin, 2017. "Who Benefits from Training Courses in Germany? Monetary Returns to Non-formal Further Education on a Segmented Labour Market," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 33(3), pages 436-448.
- Gary S. Becker, 1962.
"Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis,"
NBER Chapters, in: Investment in Human Beings, pages 9-49,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Gary S. Becker, 1962. "Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 70(5), pages 1-9.
- Richard Blundell & Lorraine Dearden & Costas Meghir & Barbara Sianesi, 1999. "Human capital investment: the returns from education and training to the individual, the firm and the economy," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 20(1), pages 1-23, March.
- Anke Grotlüschen & David Mallows & Stephen Reder & John Sabatini, 2016. "Adults with Low Proficiency in Literacy or Numeracy," OECD Education Working Papers 131, OECD Publishing.
- Acemoglu, Daron & Pischke, Jorn-Steffen, 1999.
"Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets,"
Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 109(453), pages 112-142, February.
- Daron Acemoglu & Joern-Steffen Pischke, 1998. "Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets," Working papers 98-12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
- Daron Acemoglu & Jorn-Steffen Pischke, 1998. "Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 6740, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Kramer, Anica & Tamm, Marcus, 2018. "Does learning trigger learning throughout adulthood? Evidence from training participation of the employed population," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 82-90.
- Kuckulenz, Anja & Zwick, Thomas, 2003. "The Impact of Training on Earnings: Differences Between Participant Groups and Training Forms," ZEW Discussion Papers 03-57, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
- Bassanini, Andrea & Booth, Alison L. & Brunello, Giorgio & De Paola, Maria & Leuven, Edwin, 2005.
"Workplace Training in Europe,"
IZA Discussion Papers
1640, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Andrea Bassanini & Alison Booth & Giorgio Brunello & Maria de Paola & Edwin Leuven, 2006. "Workplace training in Europe," Post-Print halshs-00120601, HAL.
- Lynch, Lisa M, 1992. "Private-Sector Training and the Earnings of Young Workers," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(1), pages 299-312, March.
- Cecilia ALBERT & Carlos GARCÍA-SERRANO & Virginia HERNANZ, 2010. "On-the-job training in Europe: Determinants and wage returns," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 149(3), pages 315-341, September.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Tobias Schultheiss & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2021.
"Different degrees of skill obsolescence across hard and soft skills and the role of lifelong learning for labor market outcomes,"
Economics of Education Working Paper Series
0188, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW), revised Sep 2022.
- Schultheiss, Tobias & Backes-Gellner, Uschi, 2022. "Different Degrees of Skill Obsolescence across Hard and Soft Skills and the Role of Lifelong Learning for Labor Market Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 15688, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Cervantes, Carla Varona & Cooper, Russell, 2022. "Labor market implications of education mismatch," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Didier Fouarge & Trudie Schils & Andries de Grip, 2013.
"Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?,"
Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(18), pages 2587-2601, June.
- Fouarge, Didier & Schils, Trudie & de Grip, Andries, 2010. "Why Do Low-Educated Workers Invest Less in Further Training?," IZA Discussion Papers 5180, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Fouarge, D. & Schils, T. & de Grip, A., 2010. "Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?," Research Memorandum 058, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Fouarge, D. & Schils, T. & de Grip, A., 2010. "Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?," ROA Research Memorandum 010, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
- Görlitz, Katja & Tamm, Marcus, 2011.
"Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training – The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects,"
Ruhr Economic Papers
307, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
- Katja Görlitz & Marcus Tamm, 2012. "Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 477, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Görlitz, Katja & Tamm, Marcus, 2012. "Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects," IZA Discussion Papers 6278, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Katja Görlitz & Marcus Tamm, 2011. "Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training – The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects," Ruhr Economic Papers 0307, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- repec:zbw:rwirep:0307 is not listed on IDEAS
- Siang, Liew & Noor, Zulridah, 2015. "The Impact of Training on the Conditional Wage Distribution in Selected Service Subsectors in Malaysia," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 49(1), pages 37-48.
- Ruhose, Jens & Thomsen, Stephan L. & Weilage, Insa, 2019.
"The benefits of adult learning: Work-related training, social capital, and earnings,"
Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 166-186.
- Jens Ruhose & Stephan L. Thomsen & Insa Weilage, 2019. "The Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training, Social Capital, and Earnings," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0167, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).
- Christiane Hinerasky & Rene Fahr & Sabine Simons, 2014. "Wage Returns of Company Training - Evidence from a Comparison Group Approach," Working Papers Dissertations 17, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.
- Hidalgo, Diana & Oosterbeek, Hessel & Webbink, Dinand, 2014. "The impact of training vouchers on low-skilled workers," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 117-128.
- repec:zbw:rwirep:0197 is not listed on IDEAS
- Benedikte Bjerge & Nina Torm & Neda Trifkovic, 2016. "Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEs," WIDER Working Paper Series 149, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Jens Ruhose & Stephan L. Thomsen & Insa Weilage, 2018.
"The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
7268, CESifo.
- Ruhose, Jens & Thomsen, Stephan L. & Weilage, Insa, 2018. "The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital," GLO Discussion Paper Series 250, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Ruhose, Jens & Thomsen, Stephan L. & Weilage, Insa, 2018. "The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital," IZA Discussion Papers 11854, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Görlitz, Katja, 2011.
"Continuous training and wages: An empirical analysis using a comparison-group approach,"
Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 691-701, August.
- Görlitz, Katja, 2010. "Continuous Training and Wages – An Empirical Analysis Using a Comparison-group Approach," Ruhr Economic Papers 197, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
- Ehlert, Martin, 2020. "No Future, No Training? Explaining Cross-national Variation in the Effect of Job Tasks On Training Participation [Keine Zukunft, keine Weiterbildung? Zur Erklärung von Länderunterschieden im Effekt," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 72(S1), pages 483-510.
- Jens Ruhose & Stephan L. Thomsen & Insa Weilage, 2018. "The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1004, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Anna Ruzik-Sierdzinska & Claudia Villosio & Michele Belloni & Maciej Lis & Monika Potoczna, 2013. "Age and productivity. Human Capital Accumulation and Depreciation," CASE Network Reports 0114, CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research.
- Julia Lang, 2012. "The Aims of Lifelong Learning: Age-Related Effects of Training on Wages and Job Security," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 478, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Lang, Julia, 2012. "The aims of lifelong learning: Age-related effects of training on wages and job security," VfS Annual Conference 2012 (Goettingen): New Approaches and Challenges for the Labor Market of the 21st Century 62073, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Benedikte Bjerge & Nina Torm & Neda Trifković, 2016. "Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEs," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-149, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Katja Görlitz, 2010. "Continuous Training and Wages – An Empirical Analysis Using a Comparison-group Approach," Ruhr Economic Papers 0197, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Cosima Obst & Helke Seitz & Arne Uhlendorff, 2022.
"Locus of Control and Investment in Training,"
Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 57(4), pages 1311-1349.
- Caliendo, Marco & Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Seitz, Helke & Uhlendorff, Arne, 2016. "Locus of Control and Investment in Training," IZA Discussion Papers 10406, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah Cobb-Clark & Cosima Obst & Helke Seitz & Arne Uhlendorff, 2022. "Locus of Control and Investment in Training," Post-Print hal-04354618, HAL.
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Helke Seitz & Arne Uhlendorff, 2016. "Locus of Control and Investment in Training," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 890, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Caliendo, Marco & Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Obst, Cosima & Uhlendorff, Arne, 2023.
"Risk preferences and training investments,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 205(C), pages 668-686.
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Cosima Obst & Arne Uhlendorff, 2020. "Risk Preferences and Training Investments," CEPA Discussion Papers 23, Center for Economic Policy Analysis.
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah Cobb-Clark & Cosima Obst & Arne Uhlendorff, 2023. "Risk preferences and training investments," Post-Print hal-04354608, HAL.
- Caliendo, Marco & Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Obst, Cosima & Uhlendorff, Arne, 2020. "Risk Preferences and Training Investments," IZA Discussion Papers 13828, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Marco Caliendo & Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Cosima Obst & Arne Uhlendorff, 2020. "Risk Preferences and Training Investments," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1113, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Jozef Konings & Stijn Vanormelingen, 2015.
"The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm-Level Evidence,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 97(2), pages 485-497, May.
- Konings, Jozef & ,, 2009. "The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 7473, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Konings, Jozef & Vanormelingen, Stijn, 2010. "The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 4731, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Corrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0215971. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.