Flexible contracts and human capital investments

As suggested by human capital theory, workers with flexible contracts participate less often in training than those with permanent contracts. We find that this is merely due to the fact that flexworkers receive less employer-funded training, a gap they can only partly compensate for by their own tra...

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Volume:	160
Main Author:	Fouarge, D de Grip, A Smits, W de Vries, R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	Boston Springer US 01.01.2012 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	De Economist (Netherlands) Vol. 160; no. 2; pp. 177 - 195
Editor:	Euwals, Rob de Grip, Andries Cörvers, Frank
Related:	Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark RS: GSBE DUHR
Data of publication:	2012-01-01
ISSN:	0013-063X 1572-9982
EISSN:	1572-9982
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	De Economist
Subjects:	2 International Economics general Employer-funded training J41 Flexible contracts Self-funded training J62 J24 Economics / Management Science Labour market mobility Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Flexible contracts; Employer-funded training; Self-funded training; Labour market mobility; J24; J41; J62 Employers Career development Investments TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYEES Employer-funded training Flexible contracts Self-funded training Labour market mobility
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