Testing some predictions of human capital theory: new training evidence from Britain

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Journal Article

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Publication date

June 1, 2005

Abstract:

We confront the predictions of various theories with new training data from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that employer-financed training is associated with significantly higher wages at current and future firms, with a larger impact in future firms. This is consistent with human capital theory with credit constraints and with the new training literature assuming imperfectly competitive labor markets.

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Review of Economics and Statistics

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Volume: 87 (2):391-394 , p.391 -394

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