International Journal of Manpower: Volume 25 Issue 1

Introduction: Company training and services with a focus on low skills

Rita Asplund, Wiemer Salverda

This special issue of the International Journal of Manpower aims to make a contribution to broadening our limited understanding of the role and impact of employer‐provided…

Company training and low‐skill consumer‐service jobs in Ireland

Gerard Hughes, Philip J. O'Connell, James Williams

This paper identifies market forces which induce employers to provide training in Ireland. It investigates if they are present in sufficient strength in the consumer service…

Why do business service firms employ fewer apprentices?: A comparison between Germany and The Netherlands

Wendy Smits, Thomas Zwick

This paper analyses why in Germany and The Netherlands the share of apprentices in the business service sector is lower than in other economic sectors. A theoretical introduction…

The role of training in changing an economy specialising in tourism

Vicente Ramos, Javier Rey‐Maquieira, Maria Tugores

This paper compares the training requirements of alternative tourism development strategies which are differentiated by the quality of service offered. The paper focuses on the…

Training, task flexibility and the employability of low‐skilled workers

Jos Sanders, Andries de Grip

This paper analyses whether low‐skilled workers' training participation and task flexibility contribute to their firm‐internal and firm‐external mobility, and find that both…

Training and industrial restructuring: Structural change and labour mobility in West Germany and Sweden

Tomas Korpi, Antje Mertens

While the structural changes that have taken place in the labour markets of the industrialised world over the past decades are well documented, less is known about how individuals…

Labour market effects of apprenticeship training in Austria

Helmut Hofer, Christine Lietz

In Austria, the apprenticeship system provides all citizens, including the less able among them, with a training option. Based on social security data, this article examines…

Human capital spillovers in the workplace: evidence for the service sector in Britain

H. Battu, C.R. Belfield, P.J. Sloane

An individual's human capital has a strong influence in earnings. Yet, individual worker‐level estimations of earnings rarely include the characteristics of co‐workers or detailed…