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Training and Labour Market Flexibility: Is There a Trade‐off?
Author(s) -
Arulampalam Wiji,
Booth Alison L.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00106
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , flexibility (engineering) , labour economics , work (physics) , labour market flexibility , training (meteorology) , proxy (statistics) , trade union , economics , working time , demographic economics , business , unemployment , economic growth , geography , management , engineering , mechanical engineering , machine learning , meteorology , computer science , embedded system
This paper explores the nexus between work‐related training and labour market ‘flexibility’ (which we proxy by contract type, part‐time employment and lack of union coverage), using the first five waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) conducted over the period 1991–5. Our results show that workers on short‐term employment contracts, who are working part‐time or are not covered by a union collective agreement, are significantly less likely to be involved in any work‐related training to improve or increase their skills. These findings suggest that there is a trade‐off between expanding the more marginal forms of employment and expanding the proportion of the work‐force getting work‐related training.