Labor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe

Hector Sala () and José I. Silva ()
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Hector Sala: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
José I. Silva: University of Kent

No 6171, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivity growth. We construct a multi-country, multi-sectoral dataset, and quantify empirically to what extent vocational training has contributed to increase the growth rate of labor productivity in Europe between 1999 and 2005. We find that one extra hour of training per employee accelerates the rate of productivity growth by around 0.55 percentage points.

Keywords: continuous vocational training; labor productivity growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 J24 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2011-11
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Published - published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2013, 40 (1), 31-41

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