TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Brosch, Hanna
AU  - Lergetporer, Philipp
AU  - Schoner, Florian
        TI  - Worker Beliefs about Firm Training
        PY  - 2025/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18186
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18186
        AB  - Firm training is key to meeting changing skill demands, yet little is known about the role of workers’ beliefs in shaping training participation. In a survey of 3,701 workers in Germany, we document that they expect substantial returns to firm training – both in terms of earnings and non-pecuniary outcomes such as promotion chances, job task complexity, or enjoyment. These beliefs predict actual and intended training participation. Lower-skilled workers anticipate smaller non-pecuniary returns, partly explaining their lower uptake. An information treatment addressing return beliefs significantly increases training intentions among lower-skilled workers, suggesting that targeting beliefs may help narrow participation gaps between lower- and higher-skilled workers.
        KW  - human capital
KW  - skill mismatch
KW  - firm training
KW  - beliefs
KW  - survey
        ER  -