How American Adults Obtain Work Skills
Results of a New National Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3471189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Osterman (0000-0002-1210-7820, Paul Osterman is the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Professor of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 578-607 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00197939211018191 |
| OpenAlex | W3172397629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
Employer-provided training is an important determinant of economic outcomes, yet our understanding of its extent and distribution is well out of date-with the most recent national survey being from 2008. This article updates our understanding of employer-provided training through a 2020 nationally representative survey of 3,648 working civilian adults between the ages of 24 and 64. Results show that while employer-provided training is reasonably extensive, considerable disparities occur along the lines of race, ethnicity, and educational attainment. Additionally, the author contributes to the literature by making clear distinctions among types of employment-standard, contract (those employed by a contract company but working onsite at another firm), and freelancer (those with no employer per se). Contract workers receive considerably less employer training than do employees who work under standard arrangements. Findings are robust to a range of job skill measures as well as skill specificity. The author also examines the relationship between employer-provided training and whether people seek out training on their own and shows that the inequalities in access to employer-provided training are accentuated with self-directed training
Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Inequality · Labour economics · Medical education · Political science · Race (biology) · Sociology · Training (meteorology) · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020
The Employment Relationship and Inequality
The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
How to Compete
Nonstandard Work and the Job Search Process
The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
National Surveys Via Rdd Telephone Interviewing Versus the Internet
Job Training in U.S. Organizations
Worker Voice in America
Precarious Work, Insecure Workers
Correlates of Training
The Economic Pay-Offs to Informal Training
Human Resource Bundles and Manufacturing Performance
Beyond the Incidence of Employer-Provided Training
Skill Gaps, Skill Shortages, and Skill Mismatches
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |