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The impact of training on labour mobility: Individual and firm-level evidence from Britain

Green, Francis, Felstead, Alan, Mayhew, Ken, Pack, Alan D. (2000) The impact of training on labour mobility: Individual and firm-level evidence from Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 38 (2). pp. 261-275. ISSN 0007-1080. (doi:10.1111/1467-8543.00162) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:16163)

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Abstract

We investigate the impact of different types of training on the mobility expectations of workers, using three surveys. Most training episodes produce some transferable skills, and most transferable training is paid for by employers. Overall, training has no impact on mobility in three out of every five cases, the remaining cases are split equally between those where training increases and those where it decreases mobility. We find that training is more likely to lead to lower mobility when it is less transferable to other firms, is sponsored by firms, and where its objectives include increasing the identification of employees with corporate objectives.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/1467-8543.00162
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: O.O. Odanye
Date Deposited: 01 May 2009 01:22 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:54 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/16163 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Green, Francis.

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