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Training and Promotion: Allocation of Skills or Incentives?
Author(s) -
MELERO EDUARDO
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.00620.x
Subject(s) - incentive , promotion (chess) , profit (economics) , demographic economics , training (meteorology) , value (mathematics) , business , labour economics , marketing , economics , actuarial science , microeconomics , political science , statistics , physics , mathematics , politics , meteorology , law
This paper analyzes the impact of training on the probability of promotion. Results from the British Household Panel Survey indicate that training increases the probability of promotion of female workers, but not that of male workers. In terms of wages, men obtain significant returns from (general and specific) training acquired with their current employer, while women profit from general training. Overall, results suggest that career moves of women are importantly affected by the market value of their skills, while those of men fit better a model of promotions as providers of incentives.