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Subsidies and Tax Incentives for Employee Training
To counteract the positive externality where firms benefit from workers trained by their competitors, governments can implement subsidies or offer tax incentives. This policy encourages companies to invest in employee training by partially compensating them for the costs, which helps address the market's tendency to underinvest in such activities.
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