Labor productivity and vocational training: evidence from Europe

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作者：
Hector Sala
José I. Silva
机构：
[1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,Departament d’Economia Aplicada
[2] Universitat de Girona,Department d’Economia
[3] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),undefined
来源：
Journal of Productivity Analysis | 2013年 / 40卷
关键词：
Continuous vocational training; Labor productivity growth; E22; J24; O41;
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摘要：
In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivity growth. We construct a multy-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 % points.
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页数：10
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