Interactions between vocational and attitudinal skills in labour market outcomes: Findings from the skills assessment of garment factory workers in Ethiopia
Interactions between vocational and attitudinal skills in labour market outcomes: Findings from the skills assessment of garment factory workers in Ethiopia
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劳动力市场结果中职业技能和态度技能之间的相互作用：埃塞俄比亚服装厂工人技能评估的结果
DOI：
10.1080/13636820.2019.1652675
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Shoko
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作者：
Otchia;Christian and Yamada;Shoko
本文分析了工人自评态度技能及其在职业技能测试中的表现对其工资的影响。这项调查是对在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴工作不到三年的服装工人进行的。采用问卷调查的方法对员工态度技能的构成要素进行了考察。同时，对同一人群进行职业技能测试，由用人单位和职业学校教师打分。我们发现，态度技能，即保持工作场所整洁和遵守规则的愿望，与更高的收入有关。职业技能更有可能获得更高的薪水，包括缝纫和制版。我们还发现，模式制作、缝纫和态度技能之间的相互作用产生了更高的回报。有趣的是，我们的研究结果表明，态度技能水平越高，缝纫技能和制版技能越高的工人工资越高。我们的结果是稳健的态度技能的替代措施，纠正参考偏差和不同的规格。
In this paper, we analyse the effects of workers’ self-rated attitudinal skills and their performance on vocational skills tests on their wage. The survey was conducted with garment workers who had experience of less than three years in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The constituting elements of attitudinal skills were examined using the questionnaire for the workers. Meanwhile, a vocational skills test was conducted with the same population and graded by the employers and the vocational schools’ teachers. We found that the attitudinal skills, i.e. the desire to maintain a clean and tidy workplace and to follow the rules, are associated with higher earnings. Vocational skills, which are more likely to be rewarded by higher salaries, include sewing and patternmaking. We also found that the interaction between patternmaking, sewing, and attitudinal skills yielded higher returns. Interestingly, our results show that at higher levels of attitudinal skills, workers with high sewing skills, and high patternmaking skills earned a higher wage. Our results are robust to alternative measures of attitudinal skills that correct for reference bias and different specifications.