Continuing vocational training forms and establishment productivity in Germany

German Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-184

  Zwick, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Establishment productivity; Panel estimation; Training forms

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY; TRAINING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 19844374597     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-6485.2005.00125.x     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Acemoglu, D. and J.-S. Pischke (1999), 'Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets', Economic Journal 109, 112-143.
2. Appelbaum, E. and R. Batt (1994), The New American Workplace: Transforming Work Systems in the United States, ILR Press, New York.
3. Arellano, M. and S. Bond (1998), 'Dynamic Panel Data Estimation Using DPD98 for GAUSS: A Guide for Users', mimeo, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London.
4. Arellano, M. and O. Bover (1995), 'Another Look at the Instrumental Variable Estimation of Error-Components Models', Journal of Econometrics 68, 29-51.
5. Ballot, G., F. Fakhfakh and E. Taymaz (2001), 'Firms' Human Capital, R&D and Performance: A Study on French and Swedish Firms', Labour Economics 8, 443-462.
6. Barrett, A. and P. O'Connell (2001), 'Does Training Generally Work? The Returns to In-Company Training', Industrial and Labour Relations Review 54, 647-662.
7. Bartel, A. (1994), 'Productivity Gains from the Implementation of Employee Training Programs', Industrial Relations 33, 411-425.
8. Bartel, A. (1995), 'Training, Wage Growth, and Job Performance: Evidence from a Company Database', Journal of Labor Economics 13, 401-425.
9. Bartel, A. (2000), 'Measuring the Employer's Return on Investments in Training: Evidence from the Literature', Industrial Relations 39, 502-524.
10. Bassi, L., P. Harrison, J. Ludwig and D. McMurrer (2001), 'Human Capital Investments and Firm Performance', mimeo, Human Capital Dynamics, Bethesda.
11. Bellmann, L. and F. Büchel (2001), 'Betrieblich finanzierte Weiterbildung und Unternehmenserfolg', in: U. Backes-Gellner and P. Moog (eds.), Bildungssystem und betriebliche Beschäftigungsstrategien, Duncker-Humblot, Berlin.
12. Berg, P. (1994), 'Strategic Adjustments in Training: A Comparative Analysis of the US and German Automobile Industries', in: L. Lynch (ed.), Training and the Private Sector: International Comparison, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
13. Black, S. and L. Lynch (1996), 'Human Capital Investments and Productivity', American Economic Review (Papers & Proceedings) 86, 263-267.
14. Black, S. and L. Lynch (2001), 'How to Compete: The Impact of Workplace Practices and Information Technology on Productivity', Review of Economics and Statistics 83, 434-445.
15. Blundell, R. and S. Bond (1999), 'GMM Estimation with Persistent Panel Data: An Application to Production Functions', IFS Working Paper No. 99/ 4, London.
16. Caroli, E. and J. van Reenen (2001), 'Skill-Biased Organizational Change? Evidence from a Panel of British and French Establishments', Quarterly Journal of Economics 116, 1449-1492.
17. Dearden, L., H. Reed and J. van Reenen (2000), 'Who Gains When Workers Train? Training and Corporate Productivity in a Panel of British Industries', IFS Working Paper No. 00/01, London.
18. Düll, H. and L. Bellmann (1998), 'Betriebliche Weiterbildungsaktivitäten in West- und Ostdeutschland', Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 31, 205-225.
19. Gerlach, K. and U. Jirjahn (2001), 'Employer Provided Further Training: Evidence from German Establishment Data', Schmollers Jahrbuch 121, 139-164.
20. Greene, W. (2000), Econometric Analysis, 4th edn, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
21. Griliches, Z. and J. Hausman (1986), 'Errors in Variables in Panel Data', Journal of Econometrics 31, 93-118.
22. Griliches, Z. and J. Mairesse (1998), 'Production Functions: The Search for Identification', in: S. Strøm (ed.), Econometrics and Economic Theory in the 20th Century, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
23. Hall, B. and J. Mairesse (1995), 'Exploring the Relationship between R&D and Productivity in French Manufacturing Firms', Journal of Econometrics 65, 263-293.
24. Heckman, J. (1976), 'The Common Structure of Statistical Models of Truncation, Sample Selection and Limited Dependent Variables and a Simple Estimator for Such Models', Annals of Economic Social Measurement 5, 475-492.
25. Hempell, T. (2005), 'What's Spurious, What's Real? Measuring the Productivity Impacts of ICT at the Firm-Level', Empirical Economics, forthcoming.
26. Ichniowski, C., K. Shaw and G. Prennushi (1997), 'The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity', American Economic Review 87, 291-313.
27. Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (2002), Deutschland in Zahlen, Köln.
28. Kölling, A. (2000), 'The IAB Establishment Panel', Schmollers Jahrbuch 120, 291-300.
29. Koning, J. de (1994), 'Evaluating Training at the Company Level', in: R. McNabb and K. Whitfield (eds.), The Market for Training, Avebury, Aldershot.
30. Kruse, D. (1993), Profit Sharing. Does it Make a Difference?, Upjohn Institute, Kalamazoo, MI.
31. Lynch, L. and S. Black (1998), 'Beyond the Incidence of Employer-Provided Training', Industrial and Labor Relations Review 52, 64-81.
32. Maddala, G. (1983), Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
33. Nickell, S., D. Nicolitsas and M. Patterson (2001), 'Does Doing Badly Encourage Management Innovation?', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 63, 5-28.
34. Roth, S. (1997), 'Germany: Labor's Perspective on Lean Production', in: T. Kochan, R. Lansbury and J. MacDuffie (eds.), After Lean Production, ILR Press, Ithaca, NY.
35. Statistisches Bundesamt (2001), Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany, Schaeffer-Pöschel, Stuttgart.
36. Whitfield, K. (2000), 'High-Performance Workplaces, Training, and the Distribution of Skills', Industrial Relations 39, 1-25.
37. Wolf, E. and T. Zwick (2002), 'Produktivitätswirkung von Mitarbeiterbeteiligung: Der Einfluss von unbeobachteter Heterogenität', Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 35, 123-132.
38. Wolf, E. and T. Zwick (2003), Welche Personalmaßnahmen entfalten eine Produktivitätswirkung?', Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 73, EH 4/2003, 43-62.
39. Zwick, T. (2002), 'Continuous Training and Firm Productivity in Germany', ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-50, Mannheim.
40. Zwick, T. (2003), 'The Impact of ICT Investment on Establishment Productivity', National Institute Economic Review 184, 99-110.
41. Zwick, T. (2004a), 'Training - A Strategic Enterprise Decision?', in: G. Fandel, U. Backes-Gellner, M. Schlüter and J. Staufenbiel (eds.), Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm - Managing Enterprises of the New Economy, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 355-366.
42. Zwick, T. (2004b), 'Employee Participation and Productivity', Labour Economics 11, 715-740.
43. Zwick, T. and H. Schröder (2001), Wie aktuell ist die Berufsbildung im Dienstleistungssektor?, Nomos, Baden-Baden.