The COVID-19 pandemic and firms' E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities

Christoph Müller
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Christoph Müller: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2024, vol. 58, Article 23

Abstract: "This paper investigates whether the adoption of E-learning by firms contributed to offset the decrease in firm-sponsored training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a novel firm level survey linked with administrative data on the universe of workers within those firms, I study the role of E-learning in firms’ training activities during the crisis. I find that the COVID-19 pandemic substantially decreased firm-sponsored training by up to 11 percentage points. However, firms’ ability to use E-learning nullifies this negative effect. Furthermore, the differential capabilities of firms to apply E-learning might exacerbate already prevalent inequalities in training opportunities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Weiterbildungsbeteiligung; Pandemie; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation; Auswirkungen; betriebliche Weiterbildung; E-Learning; Weiterbildungsquote; Bildungsungleichheit; qualifikationsspezifische Faktoren; Betriebsbefragung IAB-IZA-ZEW-Arbeitswelt 4.0; Weiterbildungsangebot; 2016-2022 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-11-10
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