Worker mobility, employer-provided general training, and the choice of graduate education.

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Dora Gicheva, Assistant Professor (Creator)
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Abstract: This paper links inherent mobility to observed schooling choices. A job search model with graduate education predicts that more mobile workers are more likely to enroll in full-time MBA programs. Adding to the literature on employer-sponsored general training, the model predicts that employers are likely to provide tuition assistance to workers who find quits costly. I use a panel survey of GMAT registrants to test some of the empirical implications of the model. I show that observable measures of job attachment are correlated with the probability of attending part-time and, conditional on part-time attendance, with the likelihood of receiving tuition reimbursement.

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Language: English
Date: 2012
Keywords
job mobility, employer-provided general training, MBA education, business education

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