Competitive Market Impetus for International Training in the US

Abstract

The demand for international training derives from global market forces and the pressures such forces exert on labour markets. The paper analyses competitive market forces within the global economy, multinational firms, and the US labour market to provide a framework for a projective model of international training demand in the US until the year 2005. The demand for internationally trained employees is estimated to be 1.65 million by 2005--or an average annual increase of 75,000. Fifty seven percent of the training will be for employees who traditionally are trained in institutions of higher education. This implies a 17% annual increase in training supply for all training at all levels through the year 2005.