TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nordman, Christophe Jalil
AU  - Wolff, François-Charles
        TI  - On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
        PY  - 2012/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6728
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6728
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - returns to tenure
KW  - learning-by-doing
KW  - learning-by-watching
KW  - informal training
KW  - earnings functions
KW  - Morocco
KW  - Senegal
        ER  -