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Les rendements de la formation en entreprise

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Benoit Dostie
Marie-Pierre Pelletier

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This article studies the impact of firm-sponsored training on productivity. The data used are taken from the Wo r k p l a c e and Employee Survey (WES) of Statistics Canada (1999­2002). The impact of training on productivity is measured by estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function, where investment in human capital is treated as a production input. Our methodology is distinguished from that used in earlier studies by the fact that we model the firm's decision to offer training or not as well as the effect of training on productivity, which allows us to take into account the selection bias associated with training decisions. Our results permit us to conclude that training designated as "formal" provides higher productivity gains than training regarded as informal. We note also that failure to account for selection bias results in an overestimation of the effects of formal and informal training on the productivity of firms.

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Article provided by University of Toronto Press in its journal Canadian Public Policy.

Volume (Year): 33 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 21-40
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  3. Dearden, Lorraine & Reed, Howard & Van Reenen, John, 2000. "Who Gains when Workers Train? Training and Corporate Productivity in a Panel of British Industries," CEPR Discussion Papers 2486, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Lisa M. Lynch & Sandra E. Black, 1998. "Beyond the incidence of employer-provided training," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 52(1), pages 64-81, October.
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  11. Daron Acemoglu & Jorn-Steffen Pischke, 1999. "The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 107(3), pages 539-572, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Barron, John M & Black, Dan A & Loewenstein, Mark A, 1987. "Employer Size: The Implications for Search, Training, Capital Investment, Starting Wages, and Wage Growth," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 5(1), pages 76-89, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Benoit Dostie & Rajshri Jayaraman, 2008. "Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity," Cahiers de recherche 0813, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Benoit Dostie & Pierre Thomas Léger, 2008. "Une analyse des déterminants de l’incidence et de l’intensité de la formation des travailleurs québécois selon l’âge et comparaison avec l’Ontario," CIRANO Working Papers 2008s-23, CIRANO. [Downloadable!]
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