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Table 3 Main determinants of the training intensity (optimal inventory level).

From: Another piece of the puzzle: Firms’ investment in training as production of optimal skills inventory

 

OC UC DS

Interaction CR DS

(1)

(2)

%change

(3)

%change

Overage costs

 Total overage costs

− 0.0564*** (0.018)

− 0.0423*** (0.015)

− 4.14%

  

Underage costs

 Total underage costs

0.0008 (0.001)

0.0013* (0.001)

0.13%

  

Demand structure

 Industry volatility

0.0267*** (0.010)

0.0222** (0.010)

2.25%

0.0255** (0.010)

2.58%

Interaction CR DS

 Critical ratio

   

− 0.0004 (0.000)

− 0.04%

 Critical ratio × volatility

   

0.0001** (0.000)

0.01%

 Constant

− 3.1725*** (0.083)

− 4.0479*** (0.487)

 

− 4.0355*** (0.485)

 

 Controls

 

Included

Included

Included

Included

Number of observations

3252

3252

3252

3252

3252

Pseudo R2

0.009

0.040

0.040

0.038

0.038

  1. Table reports marginal effects of a negative binomial regression; all costs are in 10,000 Euros per person; %-change calculated as (incidence-rate ratio− 1) × 100; dependent variable: Number of apprentices; controls: Firm’s size(in #employees), Firm’s age (in years), Collective agreements (binary), Worker representation (binary), Training occupation, and Federal state; standard errors in parentheses; * statistically significant at the 0.10 level; ** at the 0.05 level; *** at the 0.01 level