%0 Report
        %A Nordman, Christophe Jalil
%A Wolff, François-Charles
        %T On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6728
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6728
        %X In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account for firm heterogeneity using firm factors derived from a principal component analysis. We find that the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity. Informal training significantly affects the shape of returns to tenure in these two countries. Finally, we estimate an extended model with both learning-by-watching and learning-by-doing and find significant benefits from imitating colleagues in Morocco.
        %K returns to tenure
%K learning-by-doing
%K learning-by-watching
%K informal training
%K earnings functions
%K Morocco
%K Senegal