In this paper, the author assumes that a junior worker learns on the job from senior workers. The worker's earnings are equal to his value of marginal product minus the tuition to his senior workers plus the teaching reward from his junior workers. The slope of the experience-earnings profile...

This article analyzes the causes of workers' multiskill training and, based on a survey of manufacturing plants and workers in South Korea, concludes that multiskill capability arises from specific on-the-job training paid for by the firm. The author describes various aspects of multiskilled...