Download This PaperLabor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe
22 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2011
Abstract
In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivity growth. We construct a multi-country, multi-sectoral dataset, and quantify empirically to what extent vocational training has contributed to increase the growth rate of labor productivity in Europe between 1999 and 2005. We find that one extra hour of training per employee accelerates the rate of productivity growth by around 0.55 percentage points.
Keywords: continuous vocational training, labor productivity growth
JEL Classification: E22, J24, O41
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Sala Lorda, Hector and Silva, José I., Labor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe. IZA Discussion Paper No. 6171, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1970766 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1970766
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