Employee training and wage compression in Britain

F Almeida-Santos; K Mumford

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00449.x

Employee training and wage compression in Britain

F Almeida-Santos, K Mumford

Economics

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Abstract

We use linked data for 1460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training in Britain. We find training to be positively associated with having a recognized vocational qualification and current union membership. However, being non-white, having shorter current-job tenure and part-time or fixed-term employment statuses are all associated with less training. Furthermore, in line with recent non-competitive training models, higher levels of wage compression (measured in absolute or relative terms) are positively related to training.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-342
Number of pages	22
Journal	Manchester School
Volume	73
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00449.x
Publication status	Published - Jun 2005

Keywords

INVESTMENT
LABOR
DETERMINANTS
INFORMATION

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