[eng] Gain Functions and Dissemination of Knowledge : an Estimate Based on Matched French Data.. This article uses the knowledge dissemination model developed by Lévy-Garboua in 1994 -which shows that learning by watching is a key component of on-the-job training -and matched data about the...

A model of informal training which combines learning from own experience and learning from others is proposed in this paper. It yields a closed-form solution that revises Mincer-Jovanovic's [Mincer, J., Jovanovic, B., 1981. Labor mobility and wages. In: Rosen, S. (Ed.), Studies in Labor Markets....

This economic study focuses on the determinants of self-employment / wage-work choice using a large sample of Colombian men. The econometric model is based on simultaneous determination of the choice of employment status and potential earnings, it accounts for self-selectivity. Our major...

We use a model of the diffusion of knowledge which considers one of the principal forms of training found within firms : learning by watching. Using a French INSEE matched employee-employer survey (Le coût de la main d'oeuvre et la structure des salaires 1992, ECMOSS 92), we propose an...

A partir de l'estimation de la fonction de gains nets d'un modèle d'apprentissage qui identifie une des principales composantes de la formation en entreprise : le learning by watching, nous proposons, à l'aide de données appariées de l'INSEE sur le coût de la main-d'oeuvre et la structure...

A simple model of informal learning on-the-job which combines learning by oneself and learning from others is proposed in this paper. It yields a closed-form solution that revises Mincer-Jovanovic's (1981) treatment of tenure in the human capital earnings function by relating earnings to the...

We use a model of on-the-job learning which considers two principal forms of training within firms: learning by experience and learning by watching. Using matched employee-employer surveys (in French, Moroccan and Tunisian firms), we find contrasted effects of informal training on earnings. The...