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The Return to Firm Investment in Human Capital

In this paper the authors estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. They use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics such as their...

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Main Authors: Almeida, Rita, Carneiro, Pedro
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BOOK VALUE
BUSINESS SCHOOL
COLLEGE DEGREES
COST FUNCTIONS
COST OF TRAINING
DISCOUNTED VALUE
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED WORKERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EMPLOYMENT
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTERNALITY
FORMAL TRAINING
FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INVENTORY
JOB TRAINING
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR MARKETS
LEARNING
LIFELONG LEARNING
LITERATURE
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
OCCUPATIONS
PAPERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC TRAINING
SCHOOLING
SKILLED OCCUPATIONS
TEACHERS
TOTAL COSTS
TRAINING COSTS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WORKING HOURS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6600547/return-firm-investment-human-capital
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8742

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6600547/return-firm-investment-human-capital
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8742

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