The positive labour productivity externalities that arise from a post-secondary qualification or training

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences

 
 
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Title The positive labour productivity externalities that arise from a post-secondary qualification or training
 
Creator van Zyl, Hardus
 
Subject productivity spill-over effects; logarithm wage equations; skill levels; estimation model; labour productivity externalities
Description The aim of this article is to estimate, compute and determine the magnitude of positive labour productivity externalities (defined as unintentional positive labour productivity spill-over effects) generated by employees with a post-secondary education or training (post-grade 12). The research is deemed necessary given the important debate on the shortage of higher-skilled employees and the impact of this on the creation of positive labour productivity spill-over effects in the workplace. Logarithm wage equations for different skill levels and for different geographical areas are derived and estimated in order to determine the existence and magnitude of positive labour productivity externalities created by employees with a post-secondary qualification or training. Higher-skilled employees who have a post-secondary qualification or training and who are employed in a geographical area in which post-secondary education or training institutions are denser tend to create significant positive productivity externalities in the workplace.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor
Date 2013-10-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jef.v6i3.257
 
Source Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences; Vol 6, No 3 (2013); 761–772 2312-2803 1995-7076
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Hardus van Zyl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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