TY - JOUR
T1 - Persistence in the determination of work-related training participation
T2 - Evidence from the BHPS, 1991-1997
AU - Sousounis, Panos
AU - Bladen-Hovell, Robin
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - In this paper we investigate the role of workers’ training history in determining current training-incidence. The analysis is conducted on an unbalanced sample comprising information on approximately 5000 employees from the first seven waves of the BHPS. Training participation is modelled as a dynamic random effects probit model where the effects of unobserved heterogeneity and initial conditions are accounted for in a fashion consistent with methods proposed by Chamberlain (1984) and Wooldridge (2005), respectively. The results suggest that prior training experience is a significant determinant of a worker's participation in a current training episode comparable with other formal educational qualifications.
AB - In this paper we investigate the role of workers’ training history in determining current training-incidence. The analysis is conducted on an unbalanced sample comprising information on approximately 5000 employees from the first seven waves of the BHPS. Training participation is modelled as a dynamic random effects probit model where the effects of unobserved heterogeneity and initial conditions are accounted for in a fashion consistent with methods proposed by Chamberlain (1984) and Wooldridge (2005), respectively. The results suggest that prior training experience is a significant determinant of a worker's participation in a current training episode comparable with other formal educational qualifications.
U2 - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.009
M3 - Article
SN - 1873-7382
VL - 29
SP - 1005
EP - 1015
JO - Economics of Education Review
JF - Economics of Education Review
IS - 6
ER -
