TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sauermann, Jan
        TI  - Worker Reciprocity and the Returns to Training: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        PY  - 2015/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9179
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9179
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - field experiment
KW  - firm-sponsored training
KW  - reciprocity
        ER  -