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A product market theory of worker training

Gersbach, Hans; Schmutzler, Armin - 2003

We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in general human capital, then make wage offers for each others' trained employees and finally engage in imperfect product market...

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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? The dynamic effects of alternative training schemes

Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...

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Globalization and general worker training

Gersbach, Hans; Schmutzler, Armin - 2004

We examine how globalization affects firms incentives to train workers. In our model, firms invest in productivity-enhancing worker training before Cournot competition takes place. When two separated product markets become integrated and are thus replaced with a market with greater demand and...

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Personnel training: A theoretical and empirical review

Ericson, Thomas - 2005

This report provides an introduction to personnel training (on-the-job training) literature in the economics field. Theoretical models dealing with the initiation of training programmes and their effects on pay at the individual level are discussed, and empirical research on wage effects is...

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Employer provided training in Austria: Productivity, wages and wage inequality

Böheim, René; Schneeweis, Nicole; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2009

We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity, wages, and the inequality of wages within firms. While the average amount spent on employer-provided training is low in general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on...

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Gefährden alternde Belegschaften die Innovationsfähigkeit deutscher Unternehmen? Ergebnisse einer ersten kritischen Analyse

Verworn, Birgit; Hipp, Christiane; Schwarz, Doreen - 2007

Mitarbeiter in Unternehmen auf den Innovationsoutput nachweisen. Auch auf die Aufwendungen für Weiterbildung im Zusammenhang mit … Anteil älterer Mitarbeiter im Unternehmen weniger in die Weiterbildung der Mitarbeiter insgesamt investiert wird. Hierfür … Innovationsteams zusammen setzen zu können sowie eine angepasste und innovationsorientierte Personalentwicklung zu ermöglichen. …

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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...

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The Long Term Effect of Education Spending Decentralization on Human Capital in Spain

Merrouche, Ouarda - 2007

In 1980, seven out of the seventeen Spanish regions were devolved education spending responsibility. Using a difference-in-differences approach, which I show to be particularly credible in this context, I evaluate the long term effect of this reform on human capital. I find no robust evidence to...

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Foreign aid, fertility and populations growth: Evidence from Africa

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2009

This article investigates the relationship between foreign aid and population growth in sub-Saharan Africa. The work considers population growth rate and a directly related to fertility demographic indicator - total fertility rate. Using a panel of 43 African countries over the last four decades...

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On the robustness of brain gain estimates

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009

Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus foster education investment at home or, in other words, induce a brain gain. In a recent paper (Beine, Docquier and Rapoport, Economic Journal, 2008) we used the Docquier and...

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