Working Paper
Training Without Jobs: Access to and Outcomes of Training for Temporary Workers
Does temporary work provide a way for individuals to improve their skill levels? Using a sample of over 4,000 employees of U.S. temporary staffing agencies, we analyze whether blue, white and pink-collar temps get access to company training, and the impact of skill development on wages and employee retention. We find that less than 25% of temps take part in training. More educated and experienced individuals are more likely to be offered training, but lower-skilled individuals are more likely to take training when it is offered and spend more hours in it. Office workers who took part in training are more likely to remain with the agency a year later and experienced significant wage growth, while training had no effect on wage growth for blue-collar workers. Skill development that took place on the job was associated with greater wage-growth for all types of temps.
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