Special Research Topic
Regional Analyses

Project: Schooling and regional factors as determinants of employees’ participation in further education
Project Duration
01/2012 - 04/2018 (finalized)
Commissioned by
Financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the DFG Priority Programme 1646: Education as a Lifelong Process
Project Team (RWI)
Dr. Katja Görlitz, Anica Kramer, Dr. Sylvi Rzepka, Dr. Marcus Tamm
Summary
We analyze differences in training participation between employees with high and low schooling and disentangle whether differences are causal. Furthermore, we consider several regional factors that potentially determine training participation. Finally, we will estimate the returns to training and test for heterogeneity in returns by level of schooling.
Selected project related publications
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
2018
Kramer, A. and M. Tamm (2018), Does learning trigger learning throughout adulthood? Evidence from training participation of the employed population. Economics of Education Review 62 : 82-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.11.004
Rzepka, S. (2018), Labor Market Returns to College Education with Vocational Qualifications. Education Economics 26 (4): 411-431. DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2018.1440532
2017
Görlitz, K. and S. Rzepka (2017), Regional training supply and employees’ training participation. Annals of Regional Science 59 (1): 281-296. DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0831-8
2016
Rzepka, S. and M. Tamm (2016), Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers. Applied Economics 48 (35): 3307-3321. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1137550
Discussion Papers
2016
Rzepka, S. (2016), Analyzing Further Training Participation Rates across Waves in the NEPS Data. Ruhr Economic Papers #655. RUB, RWI. DOI: 10.4419/86788761 download
Rzepka, S. (2016), Labor Market Returns to College Education with Vocational Qualifications. Ruhr Economic Papers #633. RUB, RWI. DOI: 10.4419/86788737 download
Kramer, A. and M. Tamm (2016), Does Learning Beget Learning Throughout Adulthood? Evidence from Employees’ Training Participation. Ruhr Economic Papers #618. RUB, RWI. DOI: 10.4419/86788720 download
2014
Görlitz, K. and S. Rzepka (2014), Does Regional Training Supply Determine Employees’ Training Participation?. Ruhr Economic Papers #479. RUB, RWI. DOI: 10.4419/86788543 download