Occupation-Specific Human Capital and Local Labor Markets
Occupation-Specific Human Capital and Local Labor Markets
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特定职业的人力资本和当地劳动力市场
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2005
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J. Groen
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J. Groen
通过在职培训获得的大多数技能可能是针对某一职业的，因此可以转移到一些公司，但不是所有公司。本文探讨了当地职业技能市场规模与职业培训成果之间的关系。Stevens（1994）的培训模型预测，随着市场规模的增加，工作流动率增加，培训变得更加普遍。我用蓝领工人的数据和美国各大城市市场规模的变化来测试这些预测。实证结果支持理论预测，且在低市场规模水平下影响最为显著。
Most skills acquired through on-the-job training may be specific to an occupation and therefore transferable to some but not all firms. This paper explores the relationship between the size of the local market for an occupation-specific skill and job-training outcomes. The Stevens (1994) model of training predicts that as market size increases, job turnover increases and training becomes more general. I test these predictions using data on blue-collar workers and variation in market size across U.S. metropolitan areas. The empirical results support the theoretical predictions and the impacts are most relevant at low levels of market size.