Differences in On-the-Job Learning across Firms

Jaime Arellano-Bover and Fernando Saltiel
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Fernando Saltiel: McGill University/IZA

No 317, Working Papers from Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)

Abstract: We present evidence that is consistent with large disparities across firms in their onthe-job learning opportunities, using administrative datasets from Brazil and Italy. Wecategorize firms into discrete “classes”—which our conceptual framework interprets asskill-learning classes—using a clustering methodology that groups together firms withsimilar distributions of unexplained wage growth. Mincerian returns to experience varywidely across experiences acquired in different firm classes. Four tests leveraging firmstayers and movers, occupation and industry switchers, hiring wages, and displacedworkers point towards a portable and general human capital interpretation. Heterogeneousemployment experiences explain an important share of wage variance by age 35,thus contributing to shape wage inequality. Firms’ observable attributes only mildlypredict on-the-job learning opportunities.

Pages: 74 pages
Date: 2024-04
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