Poaching and Firm-Sponsored Training

J. Mohrenweiser*, T. Zwick, U. Backes-Gellner

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Abstract

A series of seminal papers argues that poaching hampers company-sponsored general training. Empirically, however, the existence and extent of poaching remain open questions. We provide a novel empirical strategy to identify poaching. We find that only few apprenticeship training firms in Germany are 'poaching victims' or 'poaching raiders'. Victims are more likely to be in a temporary downturn and raiders are more likely to be growing. Victims hardly change their training strategy after poaching and poaching seems be a transitory event. This is an important result for countries that intend to introduce apprenticeship-type training and need to convince firms to participate in training.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-181
Number of pages39
JournalBritish Journal of Industrial Relations
Volume57
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
  • WAGE POLICY
  • MOBILITY
  • SKILLS
  • PAY
  • PREDICTIONS
  • INVESTMENT
  • EDUCATION
  • ANATOMY
  • MODEL

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