We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month eâ€learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on organizational level sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Members of initiating cohorts show positive performance effects during training...

We empirically evaluate wage returns to company training using representative individual-level cross-sectional data for the years 2000, 2003, and 2007. A comparison group approach allows comparing wages of participants with non-participants, who were willing to participate in training, yet were...

Research on the process of training evaluation has progressed in many independent fields. In our study, we combine the unique views on training, and training evaluation from the fields of psychology, education, economics, and econometrics. Psychology and education provide knowledge on how to...

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...

We investigate wage effects of deviations from peer group body mass index (BMI) to evaluate the influence of social norms on wages. Our approach allows to show the existence of the influence of the social norm and to disentangle it from any (anticipated) productivity effects associated with...

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...

Trotz umfangreicher Forschung im Themengebiet der betrieblichen Weiterbildung, besteht noch immer Skepsis bezüglich einer kausalen Verbindung zwischen der Teilnahme an einer Trainingsmaßnahme und der dadurch zu erreichenden verbesserten individuellen oder organisationalen Performance. Alliger...

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...