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Chart 1. Training inequalities are significant
In practically all countries, job-related training is unequally distributed across groups. Individuals from under represented groups who need it the most receive less training than those who are already highly skilled and/or better educated. For example, the Chart shows that the amount of employer-sponsored training received by women and immigrants is about 15% smaller than that received by men and natives, and low-educated workers receive almost 30% less training than the average worker.
Chart 2 - Time is the most frequent obstacle to further training
Why is it that workers do not take all the training they would like to take? Lack of time is one of the main reasons. Around 15% of trained workers and 10% of non-trained workers claim that they could not take the desired training courses due to lack of time. Furthermore, a significant number of workers declare that they could not take all the training they wanted either because they were too busy at work, because the time schedule was inappropriate or because of family responsibilities. Public policy may help ease the time constraint, for instance through provisions for training leave or part-time study.
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