Training is recognised as a key resource to reduce the gap between required and provided skills and to meet the continuous changes faced by organisations. However, since training efforts involve significant costs and risks for both training providers and recipients, rigorous measures of training capability to improve employees’ skill match would provide guidance for a more effective use of available resources. Based on data on employees from the 28 EU countries collected by the CEDEFOP ESJ survey this paper assesses the impact of three measures of training on change in skill match levels by means of a propensity score matching with difference-in-differences approach. All examined types of training moderate the gap between the initial skill mismatch and the desired target of skill match. However, training received in the 12 months before the survey decreases the overall skill gap by lowering overskilling, whereas cumulative formal training undertaken since start of current job involves a reduction in underskilling.

Does training improve skill match?,

SGOBBI, Francesca
2016-01-01

Abstract

Training is recognised as a key resource to reduce the gap between required and provided skills and to meet the continuous changes faced by organisations. However, since training efforts involve significant costs and risks for both training providers and recipients, rigorous measures of training capability to improve employees’ skill match would provide guidance for a more effective use of available resources. Based on data on employees from the 28 EU countries collected by the CEDEFOP ESJ survey this paper assesses the impact of three measures of training on change in skill match levels by means of a propensity score matching with difference-in-differences approach. All examined types of training moderate the gap between the initial skill mismatch and the desired target of skill match. However, training received in the 12 months before the survey decreases the overall skill gap by lowering overskilling, whereas cumulative formal training undertaken since start of current job involves a reduction in underskilling.
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