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Table 3 Effects of further training on the stability of employees’ career (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

 

Dismissal by employer

Dismissal by employee

Consensual suspension of labour contract

Models

1

2

3

Gender (Ref.: female)

Male

0.238

0.039

0.009

(0.063)***

(0.038)

(0.056)

Qualification

General education and VET

− 0.024

0.061

0.049

(0.008)**

(0.005)***

(0.007)***

Job characteristic

   

Qualification requirement

− 0.232

− 0.084

− 0.479

(0.081)**

(0.055)

(0.078)***

Position in firm (upper service class)

Labour class

− 0.190

0.171

0.139

(0.128)

(0.078)*

(0.111)

Lower middle class

− 0.114

− 0.161

0.067

(0.120)

(0.075)*

(0.109)

Middle class

− 0.153

0.194

− 0.078

(0.104)

(0.058)***

(0.081)

Employment

Permanent labour contract

− 0.025

0.267

− 2.058

(0.093)

(0.055)***

(0.055)***

Labour market

Firm size

− 0.207

− 0.103

− 0.052

(0.012)***

(0.007)***

(0.011)***

Public sector vs. private sector

− 1.773

− 0.607

0.095

(0.144)***

(0.051)***

(0.064)

Effects of further training

Participation

− 1.123

− 0.840

− 1.283

(0.134)***

(0.067)***

(0.120)***

Training leave

− 0.560

− 0.481

− 0.493

(0.088)***

(0.054)***

(0.080)***

Financial support

− 0.463

− 0.209

− 0.159

(0.093)***

(0.055)***

(0.084)

Time dimensions

Life cycle: labour force experience

− 0.006

− 0.012

− 0.011

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Cohort: economic modernisation

− 0.001

− 0.549

− 0.334

(0.081)

(0.048)***

(0.070)***

Cohort: labour market situation

− 0.035

0.166

0.014

(0.046)

(0.028)***

(0.045)

Period: economic modernisation

0.663

0.148

− 2.079

(0.674)

(0.310)

(0.576)***

Period: labour market situation

− 0.366

0.245

0.510

(0.239)

(0.108)*

(0.196)**

Intercept

− 3.750

− 3.431

− 2.741

(0.198)***

(0.118)***

(0.164)***

LR χ2 (df)

1499.4 (17)

5851.0 (17)

4210.3 (17)

Number of sub episodes

84,657

72,979

83,857

Number of events

1681

5810

2275

Number of individuals

15,511

15,511

15,511

  1. p ≤ 0.1; * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001; in parenthesis: robust standard error
  2. Source: ALWA—own calculations