The Earnings Impact of Training Duration in a Developing Country: An Ordered Probit Selection Model of Colombia's Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)

Emmanuel Jimenez and Bernardo Kugler

Journal of Human Resources, 1987, vol. 22, issue 2, 228-247

Abstract: This study estimates the earnings impact of one of the most extensive in-service training programs in the developing world, Colombia's SENA, through a comparison of nongraduates' and graduates' earnings profiles. The possible influence of selection is corrected through the use of an ordered probit model to determine participation in short and long courses. The correction causes a significant decline in SENA's earnings effect. The results are robust with respect to alternative specifications of the selection model.

Date: 1987
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