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The Incidence and Effect of Job Training among Japanese Women
Author(s) -
KAWAGUCHI DAIJI
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.2006.00433.x
Subject(s) - wage growth , training (meteorology) , wage , demographic economics , estimation , panel data , labour economics , selection (genetic algorithm) , economics , job training , economic growth , vocational education , econometrics , management , artificial intelligence , meteorology , computer science , physics
Using panel data of Japanese women, this paper analyzes who participates in firm‐initiated training programs and the effect of this participation on wage level and wage growth. The analysis found that workers with stronger educational backgrounds are more likely to participate in firm‐initiated training activities. Training participation and wage are positively correlated. Even after controlling for endogenous selection into training participation by a first‐difference estimation, current training participation significantly explains current wage growth.