The Market for training : international perspectives on theory, methodology and policy
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The Market for training : international perspectives on theory, methodology and policy
Avebury, c1994
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Note
"The chapters in this volume were originally presented at the International Conference on the Economics of Training at the Cardiff Business School in September 1991"--Pref
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume comprises a wide ranging set of studies by leading economists and policy analysts. Key issues of the debate on the determinants and effects of training are covered and topics include; theoretical issues, methodological issues and the effects of training.
Table of Contents
- Key issues in the economics of training
- workforce training in the Thatcher era - market forces and market failures
- a human capital approach to training - second draft
- training productivity and underemployment in institutional labour markets
- training policy and economic theory - a policy maker's perspective
- a review of data available for research on training issues in the UK
- evaluating training at the company level
- methods for evaluating employment and training programs - lessons from the US experience
- measuring the effects of training in the Youth Cohort Study
- looking into the black box - using experimental data to find out how training works
- the determinants of training of male and female employees, and some measures of discrimination
- women's training needs - the British policy gap
- training and enterprise in France
- Vocational training and productivity performance - an Anglo-Dutch comparison
- training down under - an overview of the Australian experience.
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