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The impact of training on productivity and wages: Evidence from British panel data
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2005
It is standard in the literature on training to use wages as a sufficient statistic for productivity. This paper … examines the effects of work-related training on direct measures of productivity. Using a new panel of British industries 1983 … productivity. A one percentage point increase in training is associated with an increase in value added per hour of about 0.6% and …
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Who gains when workers train? Training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2000
productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity …. We analyse a panel of British industries between 1983 and 1996. Training information (and other individual productivity … use a variety of panel data techniques (including system GMM) to argue that training significantly boosts productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330311
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Who gains when workers train? Training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries
Reenen, John Van - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2000
productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity …. We analyse a panel of British industries between 1983 and 1996. Training information (and other individual productivity … use a variety of panel data techniques (including system GMM) to argue that training significantly boosts productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005811394
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The impact of training on productivity and wages: evidence from British panel data
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Reenen, John Van - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2005
It is standard in the literature on training to use wages as a sufficient statistic for productivity. This paper … examines the effects of work-related training on direct measures of productivity. Using a new panel of British industries 1983 … productivity. A one percentage point increase in training is associated with an increase in value added per hour of about 0.6% and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005509444
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Can education compensate low ability? Evidence from british data
Denny, Kevin; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2004
This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether the returns to education vary with the level of ability. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 we find, unlike most of the existing literature, clear evidence that the return to schooling is lower for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292976
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Educational reform, ability and family background
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - 2004
In this paper we evaluate the impact of a major school reform, that took place in the 1950s in Sweden, on educational attainment and earnings. The reform, which has many common elements with reforms in other European countries including the UK, consisted of increasing compulsor schooling,...
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The Impact of Education and Training on the Labour Market Experiences of Young Adults
Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm - 2000
This paper uses pooled cross-section data on recent school leavers in Ireland to model the determinants of labour market status and wages for young adults. Firstly we use a multinomial logit model to analyze whether individuals exit school to employment, unemployment or higher education. Family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330363
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The economic returns to schooling for Italians: An evaluation based on instrumental variables
Brunello, Giorgio; Miniaci, Raffaele - 1998
We study the relationship between (log) current earnings and educational levels in Italy. In line with other international evidence, we find that OLS under-estimate the marginal return to additional education. When the endogeneity of educational choice is taken into account, the marginal return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608375
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The returns to education in Italy: A new look at the evidence
Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Lucifora, Claudio - 1999
The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European average, educational attainment is generally much lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608564
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The college wage gap in 10 European countries: Evidence from two cohorts
Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Lucifora, Claudio - 2000
in relative supply and positively correlated both with the long run rate of productivity growth and with an index of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608648