revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace
Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training
in Britain. We find training to be positively associated with having a recognised vocational
qualification and current union membership. Whilst being non-white, shorter current job
tenure, and part-time or fixed-term employment statuses are all associated with less training.
Furthermore, in line with recent non-competitive training models, higher levels of wage
compression (measured in absolute or relative terms) are positively related to training.
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