剧烈的国际竞争是否导致培训需求的增加外文翻译.docVIP

外文翻译 原文 Does increased international competition increase the need for training? Material Source: Applied Economics letters,2007,14,151-155 Author: Pal Schone Both politicians and parties in the labour market have in recent yearsstressed the importance of work-related training.Globalization,anincreased international competition,is often said to be one importantfactor determining the need for more work-related training.The relation-ship between increased international competition and more training hasalmost become a stylized fact.However,we argue that this relationship isnot empirically well enough founded.Therefore,in this note we test this relationship by answering the following question:Is it true that firmsoperating in an international competitive arena invest more in training fortheir workers compared to firms not operating in an internationalcompetitive arena?Evidence from representative firm-level data suggeststhat the answer is yes.Manufacturing firms operating in an internationalcompetitive arena do invest more in training for their workers compared to firms not operating in an international competitive arena.A natural interpretation of this result is that these firms respond to demands from fierce international competition by skilling their workforce through training at work. I.Introduction Training in the labour market has received an increasing amount of attention in recent years,both from politicians,parties in the labour market and researchers(see e.g.Oosterbeek,1996;Lynch and Black,1998;Groot,1999;Harris,1999;Frazis,et al.,2000;Molina and Ortega,2003).There seems to be a wide consensus regarding a couple of factors justifying this increased interest.One such factor is increased international competition.The general argument is that increased international competitionspurs the need for a skilled and well-adjusted work-force,and training at the workplace is one efficient way to acquire a skilled workforce.In OECD(1999),it is written in