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 ind...

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Main Authors:	Bastos, Paulo, Silva, Joana, Proenca, Rafael
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24513

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Summary:	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.

Exports and Job Training

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