%0 Report
        %A Sauermann, Jan
        %T Worker Reciprocity and the Returns to Training: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        %D 2015
        %8 2015 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 9179
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9179
        %X Workers' reciprocal behavior is one argument used to explain why firms invest in employee human capital. We explore the relation between firm-sponsored training and reciprocity by providing evidence that workers reciprocate employer training investments by making greater effort. Using a field experiment with random assignment to a training program, we show that reciprocal workers have significantly higher performance than their non-reciprocal peers after participation in the training course. This result suggests that reciprocal workers exert greater effort in response to the firm's investment.
        %K field experiment
%K firm-sponsored training
%K reciprocity