Dual employment protection and (lack of) on-the-job training: PIAAC evidence for Spain and other European countries
Articles
Overview
published in
publication date
- November 2017
start page
- 345
end page
- 371
issue
- 4
volume
- 8
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
full text
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1869-4187
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1869-4195
abstract
- Using micro data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), we first document how having a temporary contract in Spain is associated to lower levels of on-the-job training (OJT). Next, we find that this OJT gap is positively correlated with gaps in the literacy and numeracy scores achieved by these two types of workers in the PIAAC study. Although we choose Spain as a case study of a dual labor market, we also provide cross-country evidence showing that OJT gaps are lower in those European labor markets where dualism is less entrenched than in those where it is more extended.
Classification
subjects
- Economics
keywords
- dual labor market; on-the-job training; cognitive skills; severance pay