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Employee Training in Australia: Evidence from AWIRS *
Author(s) -
ALMEIDASANTOS FILIPE,
MUMFORD KAREN A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00185.x
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , vocational education , demographic economics , wage , contrast (vision) , labour economics , business , on the job training , incidence (geometry) , wage growth , economics , economic growth , geography , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , internship , meteorology , optics
We use linked data for 13 991 employees and 1494 workplaces to analyse the incidence of employer‐provided training in Australia. We find potential experience, current job tenure, low education levels, skilled vocational training and part‐time or fixed‐term employment status are all associated with a lower probability of recent training. In contrast to studies for other countries, we find no evidence of discrimination on the basis of demographic characteristics in the provision of this job‐related training. Finally, and in support of recent non‐competitive training models, higher levels of wage compression are found to be positively related to a greater incidence of employee training.