Training and the private sector : international comparisons / edited by Lisa M. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lynch, Lisa M.

Series:

NBER Comparative labor markets series.

NBER Comparative labor markets series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational training--United States.

Occupational training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can today's workforce keep pace with an increasingly competitive global economy? As new technologies rapidly transform the workplace, employee requirements are changing and workers must adapt to different working conditions. This volume compares new evidence on the returns from worker training in the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Norway, and the Netherlands. The authors focus on Germany's widespread, formal apprenticeship programs; the U.S. system of learning-by-doing; Japan's low employee turnover and extensive company training; and Britain's government-led and school-based training schemes. The evidence shows that, overall, training in the workplace is more effective than training in schools. Moreover, even when U.S. firms spend as much on training as other countries do, their employees may still be less skilled than workers in Europe or Japan. Training and the Private Sector points to training programs in Germany, Japan, and other developed countries as models for creating a workforce in the United States that can compete more successfully in today's economy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Reconciling Markets and Institutions: The German Apprenticeship System

2. The British System of Youth Training: A Comparison with Germany

3. Strategic Adjustments in Training: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and German Automobile Industries

4. Employment-Based Training in Japanese Firms in Japan and in the United States: Experiences of Automobile Manufacturers

5. Productivity Changes without Formal Training

6. The Impact of Previous Training on Productivity and Wages

7. Determinants of Young Males' Schooling and Training Choices

8. Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths

9 Public- and Private-Sector Training of Young People in Britain

10. Vocational Education and Training in Britain and Norway

11. Returns to Within-Company Schooling of Employees: The Case of the Netherlands

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611223816

9781281223814

1281223816

9780226498157

0226498158

OCLC:

437087016