Subsidies and Levies as Policy Instruments to Encourage Employer-Provided Training. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 80.

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Author	Muller, Normann Behringer, Friederike
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This paper provides an overview of the available information concerning selected policy instruments intended to promote employer-provided training, including the stated rationale and objectives, the target groups and operational design as well as a at a summary of the evaluative evidence regarding their operation. The analysis focuses on policy instruments providing financial assistance or incentives, specifically, subsidies (including tax incentives and grants) and levy schemes that devote a least some share of their resources to continuing training. Training leave regulations are considered only to the extent that they can be treated as a form of subsidy or a levy scheme, depending on the main financing mechanism involved. Instruments that focus solely on improving the quality of training or enhancing transparency in the training market are not addressed. In addition to offering a description of different instruments, the paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses (or risks and opportunities, respectively) of different types of instrument or particular elements of instrument design. It also specifies principles of successful instrument design that have been put forth in the literature and concludes with some remarks regarding the choice of policies. Le present document offre une vue d'ensemble des informations disponibles sur certains instruments d'action visant a encourager la formation en entreprise, notamment l'argumentaire et les objectifs, les groupes cibles et l'elaboration fonctionnelle, ainsi qu'une synthese des donnees relatives a l'evaluation de leur mise en oeuvre. L'analyse porte en particulier sur les instruments d'action qui apportent des aides ou incitations financieres, a savoir les subventions (y compris incitations fiscales et dotations) et les systemes de prelevement dont au moins une partie des recettes est consacree a la formation continue. La reglementation applicable au conge de formation n'est etudiee que dans la mesure ou elle peut etre consideree comme une forme d'aide ou de prelevement, selon le mecanisme de financement principal utilise. Les moyens d'action qui visent uniquement a ameliorer la qualite de la formation ou a renforcer la transparence sur ce marche ne sont pas etudies. Outre une description des differents instruments, ce document presente egalement les avantages et les inconvenients (ou les risques et les possibilites) de divers types d'instruments ou elements particuliers de leur conception. Il examine egalement les principes a l'origine de leur efficacite qui ont ete mis en evidence dans les etudes menees sur ce sujet, et se conclut par quelques remarques sur le choix des politiques mises en oeuvre.
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DOI	10.1787/5k97b083v1vb-en
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