High-involvement work systems and training opportunities for younger highly educated employees

Based on the ECS 2013 dataset this paper seeks to advance understanding in the relationship between workplace practices and training practices in three ways. First, the empirical analysis identifies three different training policies based on the contents of training activities (namely, Training on health and safety issues, Training focused on current skill requirements, and Training focused on future skill requirements). Second, ordinary least square regressions and multinomial logistic regressions are implemented to show that high-performance work systems, a prevalence of younger employees, and a prevalence of employees graduated from tertiary education significantly increase not only the intensity of training efforts, but also the probability of training focused on future skill needs rather than health and safety issues or current skill requirements. Third, econometric analyses reveal that the work system adopted at the establishment level significantly moderates the probability of accessing specific types of training by younger educated employees.