Ethnic differences in the incidence and determinants of employer-funded training in Britain

Non-white full-time employees were offered, and undertook, less training th an whites in Britain in 1993-4, according to data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey,. Estimates of the determinants of training outcomes and trai ning offers show a marked consistency across white and non-white, male and female, employees. Over 90% of the average predicted training outcome diffe rential, and 50%-60% of the difference in mean predicted training offers, c annot be explained by differences in observable characteristics between whi te and non-white employees. These findings suggest that equal opportunities legislation has been unsuccessful in eliminating unequal access to employe r-funded training in Britain.