Review of Employer Collective Measures: Empirical Review
How extensive is employer investment in skills? Do some firms train more than others? What motivates or prevents employers from providing training to their staff? This second report in the Collective Measures series reviews the empirical evidence regarding the extent of training in the UK and internationally and looks at some of the reasons for this.
Review of Employer Collective Measures: Empirical Review – Evidence Report 7 (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Published November 2009
The aim of the Review of Employer Collective Measures (Collective Measures) study is to identify credible research from across the four countries of the UK, and other applicable international evidence, to shed light on how the level, nature and quality of training may be improved. The Collective Measures study comprises several separate reviews. The Conceptual Review outlines the economic theory relating to sub-optimal investments in training, and the
Policy Review looks at the evaluative evidence in relation to those measures which might increase the take-up of training. The reviews are intended to advise which policy levers might most effectively increase employer investment, direct or indirect, in training. This report, the Empirical Review, sits between the Conceptual and Policy Reviews. It provides evidence of:
- the extent of employers’ investments in training;
- the factors which persuade employers to train;
- the barriers to training faced by employers.
