Immigrants’ access to employer-provided professional training within firms

This study examines how firms’ resources, training costs and training intensity influence immigrants’ access to formal employer-provided training. Using unique linked employer–employee data for four immigration countries and linear probability models with random slopes, the study shows that immigrants’ disadvantaged access to training is not explained by individual, job-related or firm characteristics. Immigrants employed in firms that have undergone a reduction in size are more likely to receive training. Moreover, immigrants who work in training intensive firms are also more likely to receive training. Paradoxically, the immigrant–native gap in training is also the highest in training intensive firms.