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Table 2 Access to and participation in further training (Gompertz model) and the role of employers’ supply for employees’ participation in further training (exponential model)

From: Economic change and continuous vocational training in the work history: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of the employees’ participation in further training and the effects on their occupational careers in Germany, 1970–2008

 

Access: further training

Supply: training leave

Supply: financial support

Models

1

2

3

Gender (Ref.: female)

Male

− 0.105

0.092

0.147

(0.032)***

(0.036)**

(0.038)***

Qualification

   

General education and vocational training

0.022

0.034

0.023

(0.004)***

(0.005)***

(0.005)***

High vs. low qualification requirements

0.134

0.389

0.312

(0.061)*

(0.065)***

(0.072)***

Position in firm (Ref.: upper service class)

Labour class

− 0.367

− 0.840

− 1.003

(0.073)***

(0.078)***

(0.088)***

Lower middle class

− 0.382

− 1.017

− 1.167

(0.068)***

(0.070)***

(0.076)***

Middle class

− 0.087

− 0.301

− 0.288

(0.040)*

(0.046)***

(0.050)***

Employment

Number of previous job changes

0.096

0.188

0.197

(0.010)***

(0.010)***

(0.011)***

Permanent vs. fixed-term labour contract

− 0.178

0.128

0.164

(0.045)***

(0.049)**

(0.055)**

Labour market

Firm size

− 0.015

0.084

0.081

(0.006)*

(0.007)***

(0.007)***

Public sector vs. private sector

− 0.186

0.246

− 0.117

(0.035)***

(0.042)***

(0.046)*

Supply of further training by company

Training leave

1.376

  

(0.058)***

  

Financial support

0.449

  

(0.045)***

  

Time dimensions

Life cycle: labour force experience

0.002

− 0.006

− 0.007

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Cohort: economic modernisation

0.686

0.018

0.056

(0.048)***

(0.046)

(0.050)

Cohort: labour market situation

− 0.163

− 0.044

0.014

(0.027)***

(0.030)

(0.031)

Period: economic modernisation

1.686

− 0.292

− 0.294

(0.364)***

(0.271)

(0.314)

Period: labour market situation

− 0.341

0.251

0.298

(0.136)*

(0.095)**

(0.110)**

Intercept

− 7.016

− 5.113

− 5.151

(0.118)***

(0.120)***

(0.130)***

Gamma: labour force experience

− 0.00001

  

(0.00000)**

  

Intercept

0.002

  

(0.001)*

  

LR χ2 (df)

2896.9 (17)

2307.3 (15)

1789.9 (15)

Number of sub episodes

71,374

45,108

52,236

Number of events

4661

6380

5296

Number of individuals

15,511

15,511

15,511

  1. p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001; in parenthesis: robust standard error
  2. Source: ALWA—own calculations