An Econometric Analysis of Industrial Training in Canada

Wayne Simpson

Journal of Human Resources, 1984, vol. 19, issue 4, 435-451

Abstract: An exploratory econometric model to explain the duration of industrial training programs and assess training policy is developed in this paper. Based on the theoretical framework of Becker and Hashimoto, models for general and specific training are formulated and estimated by Tobit regression using data from the Human Resources Survey of the Economic Council of Canada. The major results are that most training is conducted in large firms, that turnover discourages specific training but encourages general training, that government assistance encourages specific (but not general) training, and that neither minimum wages nor unions have significant negative impacts on training.

Date: 1984
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