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Author-Name: Grip Andries de
Author-Name: Sauermann Jan 
Author-workplace-name: METEOR
Title: The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Abstract: This paper analyses the eects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify thecausal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatmentand control groups with panel data on individual worker performance before and after training.We find that participation in the training programme leads to a 10 percent increase inperformance. Moreover, we provide experimental evidence for externalities from treated workers ontheir untreated teammates: An increase of 10 percentage points in the share of treated peers leadsto a performance increase of 0.51 percent. We provide evidence that the estimated effects arecausal and not the result of employee selection into and out of training. Furthermore, we findthat the performance increase is not due to lower quality provided by the worker.
Keywords: labour economics ; 
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2011
Number: 044
File-URL: http://arnop.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=23323
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Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2011044