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Workplace self-selection into Investors in People

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  • Bruce A. Rayton
  • Konstantinos Georgiadis

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This article estimates the effect of the Investors in People Standard on training while controlling for self-selection. Our results show that high-training workplaces self-select into Investors in People and question the value of the Standard for promoting training.

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  • Bruce A. Rayton & Konstantinos Georgiadis, 2012. "Workplace self-selection into Investors in People," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(15), pages 1455-1458, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:19:y:2012:i:15:p:1455-1458
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.633883
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