Measuring the impact of on the job training on job mobility

  1. Gema Álvarez 1
  2. Raquel Carrasco 2
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

  2. 2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03ths8210

Revista:
Revista de economía aplicada

ISSN: 1133-455X

Ano de publicación: 2016

Volume: 24

Número: 70

Páxinas: 5-25

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

Este trabajo estudia el efecto de la formación ofrecida por el empleador sobre la probabilidad de abandonar la empresa. Típicamente, la evidencia empírica muestra que la probabilidad de recibir formación en la empresa es mayor entre aquellos trabajadores con menor probabilidad esperada de salir de ella. Por lo tanto, parece que las empresas ofrecen formación selectivamente. En este trabajo se analiza empíricamente en qué medida este problema de endogeneidad produce una correlación espuria entre formación y movilidad laboral. Usando datos españoles del European Community Household Panel, se presentan estimaciones que ignoran este sesgo de selección y se comparan con los resultados obtenidos cuando dicho sesgo es tenido en cuenta. En general, los resultados muestran una correlación negativa entre formación y movilidad laboral, aunque sólo para los trabajadores despedidos, no para los que abandonan la empresa de manera voluntaria. Sin embargo, una vez que se tiene en cuenta el problema de endogeneidad, el efecto negativo deja de ser significativo en todos los casos.

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The second author acknowledges research funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Grant No. ECO2012-31358.

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