This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from … training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on … individual worker performance before and after training. We find that participation in the training programme leads to a 10 …

This paper reports about a randomized experiment in which training vouchers of €1000 were given to low-skilled workers …. The vouchers increase training participation by almost 20 percentage points in two years, relative to a base rate of 0 … capital theory, we find that vouchers cause a shift towards more general forms of training. We do not find any significant …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand … Survey 2008 (BOS 2008). The paper evaluates the impact of skills shortages on the incidence and intensity of training across … firms. A unique feature of the BSS module is the ability to measure differences in training intensity for three types of …

We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and … company allow us to address issues such as unobserved heterogeneity and the length of potential training effects. Our main … training. The effect on suggestions is however only short term. Promotion probabilities are largest directly after training but …

examine the effects of education, training and technology use on productivity and wages at the firm level. They make … information and communications technologies (ICT). The impact of this development on a range of variables, including productivity … in a firm to firm performance measures. They find that productivity is higher: the more intensively technology is used in …

This paper discusses the education, training and skill development policies in Sudan using a combination of new … enhancing the educational system, provision of training and transfer of knowledge. Different from the Sudanese literature, an … efficiency criterion related to the supply and demand sides of education and training policies in Sudan. We provide a new …

Many developing countries have tried to increase firm provision of training by providing subsidies funded by taxes … proportional to the firm’s wage bill.  These training funds, however, may backfire if the adverse effect of the tax on training … incentives outweighs the positive effects of the subsidy.  We show that the value of these training funds depends critically on …

Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that … lower the return to training.  In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital intensive firms are the … most likely to offer training unless they are liquidity constrained.  If firms are not liquidity constrained, the fund …

Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that … lower the return to training. In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital intensive firms are the … most likely to offer training unless they are liquidity constrained. If firms are not liquidity constrained, the fund could …