| By: |
Görlitz, Katja (RWI);
Tamm, Marcus (RWI) |
| Abstract: |
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between
education and training can be attributed to differences in observable
characteristics, i.e. to individual, job and firm specific characteristics.
The novelty of this paper is to analyze previously unconsidered
characteristics, in particular, personality traits and tasks performed at work
which are taken into account in addition to the standard individual specific
determinants. Results show that tasks performed at work are strong predictors
of training participation while personality traits are not. Once working tasks
and other job related characteristics are controlled for, the skill gap in
training participation drops considerably for off-the-job training and
vanishes for on-the-job training. |
| Keywords: |
training, personality traits, working tasks, Oaxaca decomposition |
| JEL: |
I21 J24 |
| Date: |
2012–01 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6278&r=neu |