Is there a Size-Induced Market Failure in Skills Training?
Published By: ADBI on eSS | Published Date: September , 2016A skilled and educated workforce can support the competitiveness of enterprises of all sizes.
However, smaller firms may face greater challenges in developing human capital. We
explore differences between smaller and larger firms in offering skills training and in hiring
workers with more formal education. Drawing on a dataset of enterprises in five Asian
countries, we find major size-based differences in education and training. While smaller firms
train less, they also are less inclined to view an inadequately skilled workforce as a major
constraint on their operations. It may be that smaller firms are content to occupy niches
in a low-skills equilibrium. [ADBI Working Paper 598]
Author(s): Paul Vandenberg, Long Q Trinh | Posted on: Oct 04, 2016 | Views() | Download (561)