Flexible work organization and employer provided training: Evidence from German linked employer‐employee data

We examine the hypothesis that flexible work organization involves greater skill requirements and, hence, an increased likelihood of receiving employer provided training. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data from Germany for years 2012, 2014 and 2016 (12,924 pooled observations 9,440 employees in 1,903 establishments). Our results confirm are more likely to receive training when their jobs characterized by decision-making autonomy task variety, two essential elements flexibility. Critically, associated with workplace flexibility does not simply reflect technology. Skill-biased organizational change plays its own role. Moreover, we show disproportionately oriented toward a formal education. find little evidence age or gender bias