The returns to continuous training in Germany. New evidence from propensity score matching estimators.

Autor/inn/en	Mühler, Grit; Beckmann, Michael; Schauenberg, Bernd
Institution	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Titel	The returns to continuous training in Germany. New evidence from propensity score matching estimators. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Weiterbildungserträge in Deutschland. Neue Erkenntnisse aus Propensity-Score-Matching-Schätzungen.
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Reihe	ZEW discussion paper. 07-048
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Sozioökonomisches Panel; Bildungsertrag; Einkommenseffekt; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Qualifikationsanpassung; On-the-Job-Training; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Weiterbildung; Arbeitspapier
Abstract	"The paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment effects (ATE and ATT) of general and firm-specific continuous training programs using several state-of-the-art propensity score matching (PSM) estimators. Additionally, we also apply a combined matching difference-indifferences (MDiD) estimator to account for unobserved individual characteristics (e.g. motivation, ability). While the estimated ATE and ATT for general training are significant ranging between about 4 and 7.5 %, the corresponding wage effects of firm-specific training are mostly insignificant. Using the more appropriate MDiD estimator, however, we find a more precise and highly significant wage effect of about 5 to 6 %, though only for general training and not for firm-specific training. These results are consistent with standard human capital theory insofar as general training is associated with larger wage increases than firm-specific training. Furthermore, we conclude that firms may intend to use specific training to adjust to new job requirements, while career-relevant changes may be conditioned to general training." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2004. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2008/1