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Abstract (English)

The value of education and learning is taken to be a self-evident, general good for both employers and employees within knowledge based economies. However, employers do not demonstrate the same commitment to workplace training across industrial sectors and institutional settings. This paper presents evidence that the recipients of formal, informal, and unsponsored workplace training vary significantly by industry, occupation, and workplace practice. The lack of significant increase in formal workplace training suggests that demand for highly-skilled work and workers may be inelastic, with the greatest amount of additional training bestowed upon highly educated, young, majority-ethnicity, male employees working in large firms characterized by innovative workplace practices. Gender and ethnic discrimination exerts an effect primarily through its role in channeling different groups toward different occupations and industries. Age is an important predictor of all three types of training.

Abstract (French)

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