Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79323 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
cemmap working paper No. CWP21/05
Publisher: 
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap), London
Abstract: 
In this paper we estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. We use a panel of large firms withun usually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics such as their output,workforce characteristics and capital stock. Our estimates of the return to training vary substantially across firms. On average it is - 7% for firms not providing training and 24% for those providing training. Formal job training is a good investment for many firms and the economy, possibly yielding higher returns than either investments in physical capitalor investments in schooling. In spite of this, observed amounts of formal training are very small.
Subjects: 
On-the-Job Training , Panel Data , Production Function , Rate of Return
JEL: 
C23
D24
J31
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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