Arbeitspapier
Innovation, Productivity, and Training
The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through improved process innovation.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8506
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Firm Organization and Market Structure
Personnel Economics: Training
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- Thema
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innovation
firm-sponsored training
productivity
linked employer-employee data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dostie, Benoît
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dostie, Benoît
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2014
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