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Crossing the Tracks? More on Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain

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  • Melanie Jones

    (School of Business and Economics, Swansea University)

  • Paul Latreille

    (School of Business and Economics, Swansea University)

  • Peter Sloane

    (School of Business and Economics, Swansea University)

Abstract

A small number of recent empirical studies for several countries has reported the intriguing finding that the ‘advantage’ previously enjoyed by men in respect of training incidence and reported in earlier work in the literature has been reversed. The present paper explores the sources of the gender differential in training incidence using Labour Force Survey data, updating previous U.K. studies and providing further insights into the above phenomenon. The results suggest that the greater part of the ‘gap’ typically relates to differences in characteristics, among which the most important relate to occupation, industry and sector (public/private).

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  • Melanie Jones & Paul Latreille & Peter Sloane, 2004. "Crossing the Tracks? More on Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain," LoWER Working Papers wp9, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination

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