TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blatter, Marc
AU  - Mühlemann, Samuel
AU  - Schenker, Samuel
AU  - Wolter, Stefan C.
        TI  - Hiring Costs of Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training
        PY  - 2012/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6344
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6344
        AB  - This paper analyzes how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labor market affect a firm's supply of training. Using administrative survey data with detailed information on hiring and training costs for Swiss firms, we find evidence for substantial and increasing marginal hiring costs. However, firms can invest in internal training of unskilled workers and thereby avoid costs for external hiring. Controlling for a firm's training investment, we find that a one standard deviation increase in average external hiring costs increases the number of internal training positions by 0.7 standard deviations.
        KW  - hiring costs
KW  - apprenticeship training
KW  - firm-sponsored training
        ER  -