The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

Jozef Konings and Stijn Vanormelingen

No 4731, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To this end the strategy proposed by Ackerberg, Caves and Frazer (2006) for estimating production functions to control for the endogeneity of input factors and training is applied. The productivity premium for a trained worker is estimated at 23%, while the wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theories that explain work related training by imperfect competition in the labor market.

Keywords: human capital; production functions; training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 L22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
Date: 2010-01
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Published - published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97 (3), 485-497

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