Training participation and gender: analyzing individual barriers across different welfare state regimes
Lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important in today's societies. Individuals need to develop their skills through training in order to be successfully integrated in the labor market. We use data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to investigate gender differences in training across 12 countries. We analyze participation and perceived barriers to training for women in comparison with men and control for family structure and employment. As institutional framework, we use four different welfare state regimes to show how policies can affect the deci ... Show more
Authors: Massing, Natascha; Gauly, Britta
Published: Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publications, 2017
Resource type: Article
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