Impact of Private-Sector Training on Race and Gender Wage Differentials and the Career Patterns of Young Workers. NLS Discussion Papers

摘要

The report shows that private sector training plays a significant role in the determination of wages and wage growth of the 70 percent of young workers in the U.S. who do not graduate from college. Specifically, when private sector training is divided into different types (on-the-job training, off-the-job training, and apprenticeships) some very different patterns emerge. For example, the characteristics that appear to influence the probability of receiving training are primarily race and gender. Women and nonwhites are much less likely to receive training within a firm either through an apprenticeship or other forms of on-the-job training. This differential pattern in the acquisition of training by race and gender may be a partial explanation of the persistent wage gap between males and females and whites and nonwhites. Schooling raises the probability of receiving off-the-job training and apprenticeships but it had a smaller impact on the probability of receiving firm provided on-the-job training.