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Table 4 Effects of further training on mobility processes—change of job and company (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

Mobility

Job change

Firm change

Models

1

2

Gender (female)

Male

0.004

− 0.029

(0.024)

(0.034)

Qualification

General education and VET

0.046

0.036

(0.003)***

(0.004)***

Job characteristic

Qualification requirement

− 0.164

− 0.072

(0.035)***

(0.050)

Position in firm (upper service class)

Labour class

0.422

0.032

(0.048)***

(0.071)

Lower middle class

0.346

− 0.085

(0.045)***

(0.067)

Middle class

0.218

0.187

(0.034)***

(0.054)***

Employment

Permanent labour contract

− 0.661

 

(0.032)***

 

Dismissal by employer

 

0.972

 

(0.043)***

Labour market

Firm size

− 0.079

− 0.115

(0.005)***

(0.007)***

Public sector vs. private sector

− 0.385

− 0.897

(0.029)***

(0.050)***

Effects of further training

Participation

0.391

− 1.073

(0.024)***

(0.058)***

Training leave

− 0.633

− 0.523

(0.035)***

(0.051)***

Financial support

− 0.308

− 0.250

(0.036)***

(0.054)***

Time dimensions

Life cycle: labour force experience

− 0.004

− 0.010

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Cohort: economic modernisation

− 0.036

− 0.620

(0.031)

(0.042)***

Cohort: labour market situation

0.029

0.171

(0.018)

(0.026)***

Period: economic modernisation

0.564

− 0.221

(0.248)*

(0.262)

Period: labour market situation

− 0.032

0.263

(0.089)

(0.092)**

Intercept

− 3.153

− 2.636

(0.073)***

(0.098)***

LR χ2 (df)

5477.4 (17)

9426.5 (17)

Number of sub episodes

89,595

66,343

Number of events

11,644

7488

Number of individuals

15,511

15,511

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