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Author: Plesca, Miana
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1. Kambourov, Gueorgui
Manovskii, Iourii
Plesca, Miana
Occupational Mobility and the Returns to Training
Canadian Journal of Economics 53,1 (February 2020): 174-211.
Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/caje.12421
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Canadian Economics Association / Association canadienne d\'economiques
Keyword(s): Mobility, Occupational; Occupations; Training; Training, Employee; Wages

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The literature on the returns to training has pointed out that, immediately following a training episode, wages of participants in employer‐sponsored training increase substantially while wages of participants in government‐sponsored training hardly change. We argue that there is a potential selection issue--most of the government‐sponsored trainees are occupation switchers while most participants in employer‐sponsored training are occupation stayers. An occupational switch involves a substantial destruction of human capital, and once we account for the associated decline in wages, we find a large positive impact of both employer‐ and government‐sponsored training on workers' human capital.
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Kambourov, Gueorgui, Iourii Manovskii and Miana Plesca. "Occupational Mobility and the Returns to Training." Canadian Journal of Economics 53,1 (February 2020): 174-211.