@techreport{Hinerasky2011When,
abstract = {We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate afterwards. We conclude that offering training on a voluntary basis leads participants with the highest expected idiosyncratic gains and the highest talent to self-select into early participation. As performance effects already unfold during training, our findings put forward the importance of continuous training with close coaching unlike single training incidences.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Christiane Hinerasky and Ren\'{e} Fahr},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C31; C33; J24; M53; 330; evaluation; company training; e-learning; average treatment effect; average treatment effect on the treated; selection effect; continuous learning; continuous vocational training; Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement; E-Learning; Handelsberufe; Wirkungsanalyse; Einnahmen; Sch\"{a}tzung; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-201110263814},
number = {6037},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {When the early bird catches the worm: The impact of training in retail},
type = {Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58596},
year = {2011}
}
