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Regional training supply and employees’ training participation

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  • Katja Görlitz

    (FU Berlin
    IZA
    RWI -Leibniz Institute for Economic Research)

  • Sylvi Rzepka

    (RWI -Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
    Ruhr-University Bochum)

Abstract

Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the correlation between regional training supply and employees’ training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population density and the regional industry composition, the results indicate that training participation is significantly higher in regions with many firms in the training supply market. The predictive power of the other regional factors is rather minor.

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  • Katja Görlitz & Sylvi Rzepka, 2017. "Regional training supply and employees’ training participation," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 59(1), pages 281-296, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:anresc:v:59:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s00168-017-0831-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0831-8
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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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