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Technology Use, Training and Plant-specific Knowledge in Manufacturing Establishments

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Baldwin, John R.
Gray, Tara
Johnson, Joanne

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This study examines the factors influencing a firm's decision to train, using data taken from several recent Statistic Canada surveys that explore advanced technology use by Canadian manufacturing plants. Advanced technology adoption has been both rapid and pervasive, leading to concerns about whether technology use is associated with an increase or a decrease in workers' skills. Based on the data collected through two surveys, this paper examines the relationship between technology use and the skill level of workers. It does so by first reporting on the opinions of managers of Canadian manufacturing establishments, who indicate that technology use leads to skill increases. Second, this paper examines the relationship between a plant's decision to train and certain other characteristics of the plant, including its technology use. Third, it investigates the factors related to the location of training in order to determine whether the training done by plants imparts primarily generic skills or plant-specific skills. Finally, it reports on survey results that show plants that introduced new technologies had to increase their expenditures for training.

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Paper provided by Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch in its series Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series with number 1995086e.

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Keywords: Manufacturing; Labour; Science and technology; Education; training and learning; Job training and educational attainment; Innovation; Research and development; Adult education and training;

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  1. Jeffrey H. Keefe, 1991. "Numerically controlled machine tools and worker skills," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 44(3), pages 503-519, April.
  2. Bartel, Ann P & Lichtenberg, Frank R, 1987. "The Comparative Advantage of Educated Workers in Implementing New Technology," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 69(1), pages 1-11, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Baldwin, John R. & Johnson, Joanne, 1995. "Human Capital Development and Innovation: The Case of Training in Small and Medium Sized Firms," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 1995074e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch. [Downloadable!]
  4. Schrader, Stephan, 1991. "Informal technology transfer between firms: Cooperation through information trading," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 153-170, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Unterschultz, J.R. & Lerohl, M.L. & Peng, Y. & Gurung, R.K., 1998. "A Nutraceutical Industry: Policy Implications for Future Directions," Project Report Series 24051, University of Alberta, Department of Rural Economy. [Downloadable!]
  2. Baldwin, John R. & Sabourin, David, 1999. "L'adoption de la technologie au Canada et aux États-Unis," Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche 1998119f, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques. [Downloadable!]
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