The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities
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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7aeaad9c5d49422d8ba431e8cb94dbe22024-11-10T12:12:09ZengSpringerOpenJournal for Labour Market Research2510-50272024-11-0158111510.1186/s12651-024-00382-xThe COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunitiesChristoph Müller0Institute for Employment Research: Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt- und BerufsforschungAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-024-00382-xInequality in firm-financed trainingLabor market inequalityCOVID-19 pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Müller The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities Journal for Labour Market Research Inequality in firm-financed training Labor market inequality COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| title_full | The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| title_fullStr | The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| title_short | The COVID-19 pandemic and firms’ E-learning use: implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic and firms e learning use implications for inequality in training opportunities |
| topic | Inequality in firm-financed training Labor market inequality COVID-19 pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-024-00382-x |
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