Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEs
| Autor: | Nina Torm, Benedikte Bjerge, Neda Trifkovic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Labour economics
050204 development studies Vietnamese media_common.quotation_subject education 05 social sciences Viet nam Wage Developing country Private sector Training (civil) language.human_language Competition (economics) 0502 economics and business language Business Small and medium-sized enterprises 050207 economics health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | WIDER Working Paper ISBN: 9789292561932 WIDER Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.35188/unu-wider/2016/193-2 |
| Popis: | In many developing countries the skill base is a cause of concern with respect to international competition. Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet little is known about how successful such training may be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer-employee panel dataset to assess why firms train and whether formal training affects wage outcomes in Vietnamese [small and medium enterprises] SMEs. Training is generally found to be firm-sponsored and specific in nature. We find that training is associated with a wage increase of 7-22 per cent for female workers only, depending on the analytical approach taken. We also show evidence that the wage increase is associated only with on-the-job training and that lower ability workers are more likely to be trained. Our findings indicate that, at least in Viet Nam, firm-sponsored on-the-job training helps close the gender wage gap. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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