The effects of training on own and co-worker productivity: evidence from a field experiment
This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on individual worker performance before and after training. We find that participation in the training programme leads to a 10 per cent increase in performance. Moreover, we provide experimental evidence for externalities from treated workers on their untreated teammates: An increase of 10 percentage points in the share of treated peers leads to a performance inc ... Show more
Authors: Grip, Andries de; Sauermann, Jan
Institute for the Study of Labour (Germany) (IZA)
Published: Bonn, Germany, IZA, 2011
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 37 p.
Access item: http://ftp.iza.org/dp5976.pdf
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