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Does it pay off to invest in bank staff training? Survey‐based evidence from an emerging market banking sector

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  • Angela Pîslaru
  • Matei Kubinschi
  • Florian Neagu

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We explore the role of staff training and experience for banks' efficiency and profitability, while accounting for size, solvency, liquidity and business model of the banking sector. We try answering two questions: (i) are banks with higher levels of staff training and experience more efficient and profitable and (ii) do banks that spend more to increase the quality of their staff have better outcomes in terms of NPLs, in case of a downturn? We use two novel sources of microdata from a one‐off survey about banks' HR policies and a database on banks' balance sheets and P&Ls regarding the Romanian banking sector. We apply the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach to estimate production frontiers and rank banks by cost and income efficiency. Our main findings support the conclusion that it pays off to invest more in the quality of bank staff, from both risk management and revenue efficiency perspectives.

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  • Angela Pîslaru & Matei Kubinschi & Florian Neagu, 2023. "Does it pay off to invest in bank staff training? Survey‐based evidence from an emerging market banking sector," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(4), pages 1055-1072, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ectrin:v:31:y:2023:i:4:p:1055-1072
    DOI: 10.1111/ecot.12366
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