Does voluntary training impact workers’ wages? An empirical investigation based on within-firm data
Authors: Stéphane Renaud and Lucie Morin
Overview
Abstract (English)
This study investigates the impact of workers’ participation in voluntary training, delivered in the form of credited education, on wages. Using time-series cross-sectional within firm data, the sample comprises 1923 workers the first year, thus providing us with 5385 employee-year observations for the three-year period under investigation. These workers were selected through a random probabilistic sampling procedure from a financial institution’s computerized personnel files. As anticipated by our general hypothesis, results confirm that the wages of workers who participate in voluntary training are lower than those of workers who never participate and this negative gap slightly increases over the period of time under investigation, even after controlling for demographic characteristics and productivity-related variables.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | Stéphane Renaud and Lucie Morin |
Publication Year | 2009 |
Title | Does voluntary training impact workers’ wages? An empirical investigation based on within-firm data |
Volume | 34 |
Journal Name | International Research Journal of finance and Economics |
Pages | 140-147 |
Publication Language | English |
- Stéphane Renaud
- Stéphane Renaud and Lucie Morin
- Does voluntary training impact workers’ wages? An empirical investigation based on within-firm data
- International Research Journal of finance and Economics
- 34
- 2009
- 140-147