TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sala, Hector
AU  - Silva, José I.
        TI  - Labor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6171
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6171
        AB  - In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivity growth. We construct a multi-country, multi-sectoral dataset, and quantify empirically to what extent vocational training has contributed to increase the growth rate of labor productivity in Europe between 1999 and 2005. We find that one extra hour of training per employee accelerates the rate of productivity growth by around 0.55 percentage points.
        KW  - continuous vocational training
KW  - labor productivity growth
        ER  -