Ethnic differences in British employer-funded on and off-the-job training

This paper highlights the lower incidence of employer-funded on and off-the -job training received by full-time ethnic minority employees in Britain. E stimates of the determinants of on and off-the-job training, obtained using trinomial logistic models, are remarkably consistent across white and ethn ic minority male and female workers. At least 67% of the male ethnic traini ng disadvantage, and over 94% of that experienced by females, cannot be exp lained by differences in average group characteristics. These findings rais e serious questions about the effectiveness of existing equal opportunities provisions in the area of work-related training and may have adverse impli cations for the future occupational attainment and wages of ethnic minority employees in Britain.