TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Rzepka, Sylvi
AU  - Tamm, Marcus
        TI  - Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers
        PY  - 2013/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7853
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7853
        AB  - The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among firms. Using worker level data for Germany we find that the hypothesis is supported empirically. Specifically, we find that employees are significantly less likely to participate in training if the density of firms in a sector is higher within the local labor market.
        KW  - monopsony
KW  - local labor markets
KW  - training
        ER  -