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INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING OF THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY
Barriers to and Benefits of CVET for Older Employees
Kurt Schmid
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING OF THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY
Outlook
Is age really an important factor for training participation? (Austrian data)
Benefits of CVET (esp. for older employees)
Companies views about training of older employees
Hints and open questions about what drives labour market participation of older people
Based on 4 Austrian & 1 Eurostat datasets:
Austrian Labour Force Survey 2003 ad hoc module LLL
ibw-survey of participants of external CVET courses in 2008 (n = 1.120)
Ibw-survey of training-inactive employees in 2008 (n = 600)
ibw-company survey in 2008 (n = 500)
Eurostat data on training & labour market participation
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING OF THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY
Age-specific shares of employees in Austria: Interest, participation and degree of realisation in further training
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
25-34 y. 35-44 y. 45-54 y. 55-64 y. 65+ Ø all agegroups
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80%
deg
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of
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interested in trainingtraining participationdegree of realisation
Source: Austrian Labour Force Survey 2003 ad-hoc module LLL; ibw-calculations
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Age-specific EU-25 participation rates informal, non-formal and informal training (in % of 25 to 64 years old)
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
formal non-formal informal
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n %
25 to 34 y.
35 to 44 y.
45 to 54 y.
55 to 64 y.
Source: Eurostat, EU Labour Force Survey 2005
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Logistic Regression: influencing variableson CVET participation for Austria
Source: Austrian Labour Force Survey 2003 ad-hoc module LLL; ibw-calculations
Exp. (β) Sig.
constant 0.066 0.000
Gender Female (ref.: male) 0.911 0.000
Part-time Employment (ref.: full time employment) 0.827 0.000
Occupational level (ref.: “residual” employees)
White collar 2.502 0.000
Civil servant 2.743 0.000
Blue skilled collar 1.598 0.000
Educational level (ref.: compulsory education)
Apprenticeship 1.424 0.000
VET School 1.377 0.000
General upper secondary 1.596 0.000
VET College 1.666 0.000
University or similar 2.586 0.000
Age (ref.: 20-34 years)
35 to 44 y. 0.966 0.000
45 to 54 y. 0.826 0.000
55 to 64 y. 0.388 0.000
65+ 0.110 0.000
Non-Austrian nationality (ref.: Austria) 0.822 0.000
Training company (ref.: no training company) 1.017 0.000
Company has training infrastructure (ref.: company has no training infrastructure) 2.734 0.000
& significant
economic sector difference!!!
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Age-specific degree of affirmation (averages) to statements about reasons why respondents did not participate in CVET
Source: ibw-survey of training-inactive employees 2008; ibw-calculations
1 1,666666 2,333332 2,999998
25 - 34 y.
35 - 44 y.
45 - 54 y.
55+
25 - 34 y.
35 - 44 y.
45 - 54 y.
55+
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Reasons for non-participation in CVET
Source: ibw-survey of training-inactive employees 2008; ibw-calculations
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
inadequate support byemployer
outcome of trainingdoubtful
reservations of "privatenature"
person undertakesinformal training
too busy to have time fortraining
inadequate training offer
no training need
share in %
55-64 y.
45-54 y.
35-44 y.
25-34 y.
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Outcomes of CVET participation I
Source: ibw-survey of training-inactive employees 2008; ibw-calculations
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
backing in findingcurrent job
maintaining currentjob
advancement of jobsituation
no or only minoreffetcs
shares in %
55-64 y.
45-54 y.
35-44 y.
25-34 y.
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Outcomes of CVET participation II: wage effects
Source: ibw-WIFI-survey of participants 2008; ibw-calculations
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
< 45 y. 45+ 50+ 55+
shar
e in
%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
aver
age
wag
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crea
se
share of participants with direct wage effect
Ø wage increase
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Companies views about training of older employees I
on average a person is deemed to be an “older employee” if he/she is about 45 years old – yet, pronounced sector differences
Majority thinks that both can profit from training them until or rather close to retirement, i.e. participants as well as companies will gain.
Yet, many companies (about two out of three) made the experience that older employees (compared to younger ones)…
usually have a lower willingness for further training,
are harder to motivate to participate in further training activities,
have different training needs,
need specific incentives for training participation.
There are four arguments companies express why – in their view – older employees often have a lower willingness for further training:
Older employees simply see no need for it and/or they think training will not pay off for them (because they come close to their retirement).
Older employees often argue that they are more experienced and therefore their skills and competences are sufficient.
Fears of failure are more pronounced among older employees (especially in connection with new technologies).
A general decrease of motivation as well as physical/psychical/emotional exhaustion.
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Companies views about training of older employees II
Company views about learning aptitude of older employees: About half of the enterprises think that learning aptitude of older employees is lower than those of younger ones – the other half sees no differences.
Interestingly, there are large inter- as well as intra-sector variances to that aspect.
widespread beliefs, perceptions and ascriptions about older people’s (allegedly) lower learning aptitude and motivation still exist.
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Relationship between non-formal training participation and labour market participation of older people (55 to 64 years) in Europe
Source: Eurostat, EU Labour Force Survey 2005, 2006 or 2007; ibw-calculations
UK
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
AUSTRIA
DenmarkFinland
R2 = 0,44
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non-formal training participation (in %)
lab
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r p
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in %
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Relationship between non-formal training participation and labour market participation of older people (55 to 64 years) in Europe
Source: Eurostat, EU Labour Force Survey 2005, 2006 or 2007; ibw-calculations
AUSTRIA
R2 = 0,00870
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non-formal training participation (in %)
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Conclusions
CVT participation of older employees gains importance because of demographic trends.
But according to training and employment data at EU-level: is there really a (simple) causal link between training and employment of older people?
For most European states country-specific regulations (e.g. legal and actual retirement ages, replacement rates, labour market for older employees etc.) seem to be more important for labour market participation than further training participation.
Beside it is not clear how causality runs: is training participation fostering employability and labour market participation of older people or do countries with a higher share of older people in employment also train them more?
This does not mean that training will be useless. As training data for Austria shows, decisions to participate in CVET as well as outcomes of these training efforts are complex phenomena and are simultaneously influenced by a multitude of factors like educational level, occupational status, company environments and individual cost-benefit considerations.
Chronological age on its own is not a relevant barrier to CVET participation, nor does it impede training outcomes up to about age 55.
What can be observed are large age effects when employees come close to retirement: Five to ten years before retirement interest as well as participation rates for CVET decrease sharply despite positive training outcomes for those older employees participating in further training.
There still exist widespread perceptions and ascriptions of age (e.g. lower aptitude and/or willingness for learning).
Individual survey data from training-inactive employees indicate that older and younger employees do not differ much when reasons for their non-participation are looked at. What really makes a difference between these two groups is the closeness to retirement and the (often combined) view that there is no longer a need for training as well as uncertainties about the realisation potential of training participation.
One way of fostering training participation of older employees seems therefore to provide better mediate that employees will benefit from successful training efforts even if training is undertaken close to retirement age.
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