Labor Productivity and Vocational Training:Evidence from Europe

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

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Year of publication:	2011-11-01
Authors:	Sala, Hector ; Silva, José I.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Ausbildung \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Produktivitätszuwachs

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Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2011 IZA Discussion Paper ; 6171 (2011)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	E22 - Capital; Investment (including Inventories); Capacity ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; EUROPE
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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