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Sector-Specific Training and Mobility in Germany

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  • Lars Vilhuber
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This article studies mobility patterns of German workers in light of a model of sector-specific human capital. Furthermore, I employ and describe little-used data on continuous on-the-job training occuring after apprenticeships. Results are presented describing the incidence and duration of continuous training. Continuous training is quite common, depite the high incidence of apprenticeships which precedes this part of a worker's career. Most previous studies have only distinguished between firm-specific and general human capital, generally concluding that training was general. Inconsistent with those conclusions, I show that German men are more likely to find a job within the same sector if they have received continuous training in that sector. These results are similar to results obtained for young U.S. workers, and suggest that sector-specific capital is an important feature of very different labor markets. Furthermore, the results suggest that the observed effect of training on mobility is sensitive to the state of the business cycle, indicating a more complex interaction between supply and demand that most theoretical models allow for. Cet article étudie la mobilité des travailleurs allemands à la lumière d'un modèle de capital humain dont la spécificité est sectorielle. En outre, j'utilise et décris des données peu utilisées sur la formation formelle ayant lieu après la fin d'un apprentissage. Comparativement aux États-Unis, un plus grand nombre de travailleurs suit une formation annuellement, et ce en dépit d'une incidence élévée d'apprentissage précédent. Tandis que plusieurs autres études font uniquement une distinction entre capital humain spécifique à une seule firme et capital humain général, je montre que les travailleurs allemands ont une plus grande probabilité de trouver un emploi dans un secteur s'ils ont suivi une formation formelle dans ce secteur. Ce résultat n'est cohérent ni avec la présence de capital humain spécifique à une seule firme, ni avec du capital humain complètement général. Conjointement avec des résultats semblables pour des travailleurs américains, il suggère l'importance du capital humain spécifique à l'industrie. Par ailleurs, l'effet de la formation sur la mobilité semble sensible à l'état de la conjoncture, suggérant une relation entre offre et demande plus complexe que celle décrite par la plupart des modèles théoriques.

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  • Lars Vilhuber, 1999. "Sector-Specific Training and Mobility in Germany," CIRANO Working Papers 99s-03, CIRANO.
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    Keywords

    On-the-job training; employment duration; sectorial mobility; industry-specific human capital; multinomial models; Formation en lieu de travail; durée de l'emploi; mobilité sectorielle; capital humain spécifique au secteur; modèles multinomiaux;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies

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