Are training subsidies for firms effective? The Michigan experience.
This paper explores the effects of a state-financed training grant program for manufacturing firms in Michigan. Using a three-year panel of data from a unique survey of firms that applied for these grants, the authors estimate the effects of receipt of a grant on total hours of training in the firm and the product scrap rate. They find that receipt of these grants is associated with a large and significant, though one-time, increase in training hours, and with a more lasting reduction in scrap rates. (Abstract courtesy JSTOR.)
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1993
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Authors: | Holzer, Harry J. ; Block, Richard ; Cheatham, Marcus ; Knott, Jack H. |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 46.1993, 4, p. 625-636
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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