TY - JOUR AU - Blanchflower,David G. AU - Lynch,Lisa M. TI - Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 4037 PY - 1992 Y2 - March 1992 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4037 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4037.pdf N1 - Author contact info: David G. Blanchflower Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics 6106 Rockefeller Hall Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-3514 Tel: 603/646-2536 Fax: 603/646-2122 E-Mail: David.G.Blanchflower@Dartmouth.EDU Lisa M. Lynch The Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University 415 South Street, MS 035 Waltham, MA 02454 Tel: 781-736-3883 Fax: 781-736-3852 E-Mail: lisalynch@brandeis.edu M1 - published as David G. Blanchflower, Lisa M. Lynch. "Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths," in Lisa M. Lynch, "Training and the Private Sector" University of Chicago Press (1994) AB - This paper compares and contrasts the structure of pest school training for young nonuniversity graduates in Britain and the United States. We utilize two unique longitudinal surveys in these countries on young people to examine four issues: the extent of pest school training in Britain and the U.S. and the wage gains associated with it; the link between formal training and further qualifications in Britain and the return to this on wages; differentials in the training experience by gender in the two countries; and the possible implications for skill development in Britain of dismantling significant elements of the traditional apprenticeship system. Our principal findings are that non-college graduates in Britain receive much more post school training than similar youths in the United States. This training is also linked with higher national recognized qualifications. The rates of return to pest school training in both countries is high. especially in the United States. The higher rates of return to training in the U.S. is consistent with underinvestment in training in the U.S.. When the sample is divided by gender, however, women in the U.S. receive more training than their British counterparts and their wages increase by a greater amount. As Britain has replaced the traditional apprenticeship system with a government-led program called Youth Training more women seem to be receiving training after school. However, far fewer young people are obtaining qualifications after their training. ER -