Exports and Job Training

This paper examines whether export participation matters for job training. The paper draws on longitudinal worker-firm data for Brazilian manufacturing, linked with detailed records on training activity from the main provider. The analysis uses industry-specific exchange rate movements to generate exogenous variation in export status at the firm-level. The findings indicate that export participation tends to increase the share of workers who receive technical upgrading. The results also reveal that technical upgrading has positive returns to trainees within exporting firms. These findings support the hypothesis that exporting requires skill upgrading, and suggest that this is partially achieved by training firms' existing workforce.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bastos, Paulo, Silva, Joana, Proenca, Rafael
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-05
Subjects:	SKILLS, TRAINING FIRMS, JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION, EXPORT MARKETS, FORMAL EDUCATION, PRODUCT MARKET, TRAINING CATEGORY, TRAINING CATEGORIES, PREVIOUS SECTION, TRAINING PROVIDERS, MINIMUM WAGE, SCHOOLING, ENROLLMENT, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, GROUPS, GROUP WORKERS, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, RETRAINING PROGRAMS, JOB, GENERAL EDUCATION, PAPERS, LABOR ECONOMICS, COURSE DURATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS, FIRM SIZE, ELECTRICIANS, PROFESSOR, DISSERTATION, TRAINING COURSE, OPEN ACCESS, TRAINEES, WORK EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL TRAINING, LABOR MARKET, WAGE BILL, TRAINING, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PROVISION OF TECHNICAL, WORKER, UNEMPLOYED, EXISTING WORKFORCE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, GRADUATES, FORMAL TRAINING, RESEARCH, SOCIAL SECURITY, JOB TRAINING, SCHOOL STUDENTS, LABOR, LABOUR MARKETS, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TEACHING, FURTHER EDUCATION, WAGE GAINS, READING, UNEMPLOYMENT, SKILL GROUPS, AVERAGE WAGES, HUMAN CAPITAL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORKERS, TRAINING COURSES, DISCUSSIONS, PRODUCTION WORKERS, SCHOOLS, STUDENT, REAL WAGE, PARTICIPATION, WAGE INEQUALITY, PLANT SIZE, CLERKS, OCCUPATIONS, SKILLED WORKFORCE, LABOUR MARKET, OCCUPATION, SKILL UPGRADING, LITERATURE, INDEXES, YOUTH, LABOR RELATIONS, EARNING, WORKER HETEROGENEITY, CURRICULUM, MANAGEMENT, SKILLED LABOR, TRAINING PROVIDER, PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, EDUCATION, INVESTMENT, CLASSROOM WORK, SKILL LEVELS, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP, EMPLOYEE, LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT, UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, TRAINED WORKERS, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LABOUR, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, LABOR MARKETS, CLASSROOM, TECHNOLOGIES, SCHOOL, EMPLOYEES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26377330/exports-job-training https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24513
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