2015/12/09 by C. Jeffrey Waddoups · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality #Retirement, Disability, and Employment #Labor Movements and Unions
paper · doi:10.1177/0019793915619904
openalex publication_date 2015/12/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/30
A number of recent studies suggest that employer-paid training is on the decline in the United States. The present study provides empirical evidence on the issue by analyzing data on employer-paid training from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, a nationally representative data set. The findings reveal a 28% decline in the incidence of training between 2001 and 2009. Very few industries were immune from the decline, and the pattern was evident across occupation, education, age, job-tenure, and demographic groups. A decomposition of the difference in training incidence reveals a diminishing large-firm training effect. In addition, the workforce appears to have had the educational credentials by 2009 that, had they occurred in 2001, would have led to substantially more training.