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Essays on skill formation through training at work
This thesis delas with training at work, in particular scale, type and effects of training. The analyses show that much of the firm-financed training in Norway is general and can be transfered to other parts of the labour market. The analyses also show that training has a positive effect on wages and wage development.Contents:1. Introduction2. Firmspecific training: Firm-specific or general skills? 3. Training and on-the-job search 4. Productivity, wages and investments in human capital: Evidence from an establishment level analysis5. Analysing the effect og training on wages: Using combined survey-register data. 6. On-the-job training and worker turnover: An establishment level analysis. 7. Unions and bargainingh over training: Theory and evidence