On-the-job learning and earnings. Comparative evidence from Morocco and Senegal.

Autor/inn/en	Nordman, Christophe; Wolff, François-Charles
Titel	On-the-job learning and earnings. Comparative evidence from Morocco and Senegal.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2012), 28 S., 193,67 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 6728
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildungsmanagement; Bildungsertrag; Wissenstransfer; Learning by Doing; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Betriebliche Bildungsarbeit; Betriebszugehörigkeit; Arbeitspapier; Betrieb; Marokko; Senegal
Abstract	In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account for firm heterogeneity using firm factors derived from a principal component analysis. We find that the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity. Informal training significantly affects the shape of returns to tenure in these two countries. Finally, we estimate an extended model with both learning-by-watching and learning-by-doing and find significant benefits from imitating colleagues in Morocco.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2013/1