Employer-funded education and training - who receives it?

Authors

Michelle Barnes
Sylvia Dixon

Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank their colleagues who provided comments on earlier drafts of this paper or helped with the publication process.

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ISBN: 978-0-478-36018-9

May 2010

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Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
  • 2.1 International research
  • 2.2 New Zealand research
• 3. Data Source and Definitions
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Survey design and data collection
  • 3.3 Measures of education and training
• 4. Average Participation Rates and the Volume of Education and Training
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Average training rates and days spent in training
  • 4.3 Summary
• 5. Who Receives Education And Training? - A Multivariate Analysis
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Regression models
  • 5.3 Results
  • 5.4 Summary
• 6. Summary of the Main Findings and Discussion
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Summary of main findings
  • 6.3 Limitations of the research
  • 6.4 Implications
• References
• Tables
• Appendix 1: Variable Definitions
• Appendix 2: Additional Tables

List of Figures and Tables

• Figure 1: Proportion of employees who participated in employer-funded education or training, by highest qualification
• Figure 2: Proportion of employees who participated in employer-funded education or training, by hours per week
• Figure 3: Proportion of employees who participated in employer-funded education or training, by occupation
• Figure 4: Proportion of employees who participated in employer-funded education or training, by business ownership type
• Table 1: Employer-funded education and training undertaken in the last 12 months, by employee characteristics
• Table 2: Employer-funded education and training undertaken in the last 12 months, by job and employer characteristics
• Table 3: Marginal effect estimates from regression models - male employees
• Table 4: Marginal effect estimates from regression models - female employees
• Table A1: Sample sizes and population estimates, by employee characteristics
• Table A2: Sample sizes and population estimates, by job characteristics
• Table A3: Logistic regression model estimates of the effects of individual characteristics on participation in employer-funded education and training - male employees
• Table A4: Logistic regression model estimates of the effects of individual characteristics on participation in employer-funded education and training - female employees

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