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Workplace education for hourly workers

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  • Laurie J. Bassi

    (Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Georgetown University)

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Concerns about U.S. competitiveness have increasingly focused the attention of policymakers on the workforce and mechanisms that could be used to enhance both the quality and quantity of human capital in the workplace. This article focuses on basic skills education of hourly workers, precisely the type of human capital which is likely to be most underprovided by the private market. Five questions are addressed: First, what is the nature of workplace education programs? Second, why do some firms provide workplace education programs while others do not? Third, what, if any, characteristics distinguish those firms that provide workplace education programs from seemingly comparable firms that do not? Fourth, what, if any, evidence can be found identifying the effects of these programs on the firms that sponsor them? Fifth, what policies appear most likely to stimulate additional workplace education?

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  • Laurie J. Bassi, 1994. "Workplace education for hourly workers," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 55-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:13:y:1994:i:1:p:55-74
    DOI: 10.2307/3325090
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    1. Lynch, Lisa M, 1992. "Private-Sector Training and the Earnings of Young Workers," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(1), pages 299-312, March.
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    2. Kevin Hollenbeck, 1996. "A Framework for Assessing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Workplace Literacy Training," Upjohn Working Papers 96-42, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    3. Garcia, Federico & Arkes, Jeremy & Trost, Robert, 2002. "Does employer-financed general training pay? Evidence from the US Navy," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 19-27, February.
    4. Krueger, Alan & Rouse, Cecilia, 1998. "The Effect of Workplace Education on Earnings, Turnover, and Job Performance," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 16(1), pages 61-94, January.

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