ON-THE-JOB LEARNING AND EARNINGS: COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FROM MOROCCO AND SENEGAL

Christophe Nordman and François-Charles Wolff

Region et Developpement, 2012, vol. 35, 151-176

Abstract: In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account for firm heterogeneity using firm factors derived from a principal component analysis. We find that the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity. Informal training significantly affects the shape of returns to tenure in these two countries. Finally, we estimate an extended model with both learning-by-watching and learning-by-doing and find significant benefits from imitating colleagues in Morocco.

Keywords: EARNINGS FUNCTIONS; INFORMAL TRAINING; RETURNS TO TENURE; LEARNING-BY-WATCHING; LEARNING-BY-DOING; MOROCCO; SENEGAL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: On-the-job learning and earnings: Comparative evidence from Morocco and Senegal (2012)
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