Employee training and firm performance: Evidence from ESF grant applications

Abstract

The OECD Productivity Working Papers are associated with the Global Forum on Productivity that provides a forum for mutual exchange of information and fosters international co-operation between public bodies with responsibility for promoting productivity-enhancing policies, including in undertaking joint policy analysis. It offers a platform for exchanging views, experiences and information, institutional and governance arrangements and government structures, with a view towards developing better policies. The Forum extends existing work in the OECD through a well-prioritised and coherent stream of analytical work serving the policy research needs of participants on the drivers of productivity growth.

Employers’ Associations, Worker Mobility, and Training

“…We focus on employers' association data for 2009, the latest year available (Martinez-Matute & Martins ( 2022)), and wages and training data for 2010 and 2011 (training data is currently only available for those two years -see also Martins (2021b)). Because we do not have information on EA affiliation on the same years for which we have training information, we assume that each firm's EA affiliation is unchanged during the latter period, namely between 2009 and 2011.…”

Training, Worker Mobility, and Employer Coordination

“…We focus on employers' association data for 2009, the latest year available (Martinez-Matute & Martins (2022)), and wages and training data for 2010 and 2011 (training data is currently only available for those two years -see also Martins (2021b)). We also assume that each firm's EA a liation is unchanged between 2009 and 2011.…”

Managers' Risk Preferences and Firm Training Investments

“…Grip and Sauermann (2012) provide evidence from a field experiment that training generate positive externalities by raising the productivity of the untrained co-workers of training participants. Using a difference-in-difference strategy, Martins (2021) shows that training grants provided to firms through a competitive process led to enhanced performance on a number of dimensions.…”