Testing Some Predictions of Human Capital Theory: New Training Evidence from Britain

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Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2005
Volume: 87
Issue: 2
Pages: 391-394

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2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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Abstract

We confront the predictions of various theories with new training data from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that employer-financed training is associated with significantly higher wages at current and future firms, with a larger impact in future firms. This is consistent with human capital theory with credit constraints and with the new training literature assuming imperfectly competitive labor markets. © 2005 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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RePEc Handle
repec:tpr:restat:v:87:y:2005:i:2:p:391-394
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24