On-the-job Training and Productivity : Firm-level Evidence from a Large Developing Country

We investigate the effects of on-the-job training on firm productivity and wages.We use a large panel data set of manufacturing firms in China with national representativeness.We combine the propensity score matching and the difference-in-differences techniques to estimate the treatment effect of training.We find statistically and economically significant effect of training on productivity and wage.These findings are not sensitive to industrial capital intensity or firm ownership structure