Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44176 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5081
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines how expected attachment to the labor market and expected tenure at a specific firm affect training participation. The results, based on cross-sectional data from Japan, indicate that expected attachment to the labor market affects participation in both employer- and worker-initiated training, while expected tenure at a specific firm mainly explains participation in employer-initiated training. These two attachment indices explain almost half of the gender gap in training participation. Employers in a less competitive labor market are more likely to offer employer-initiated training to their workers.
Subjects: 
training
labor market attachment
job tenure
gender
Japan
JEL: 
J16
J24
J61
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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