Article 1982

Economic feasibility of on-the-job training

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Stern, David
Economics of Education Review
Journal · Vol. 2 · Issue 2 · pp. 157-173
Abstract

Investing in on-the-job training (OJT) is risky because the value of specific human capital is lost if a permanent separation occurs between the employer and employee. An efficient contract between the two parties can reduce but not eliminate the risk. In theory, some form of "training insurance" could further reduce the risk or eliminate it entirely by pooling risk among employees or employers. The merits of this idea in practice could be determined by field tests, as could the value of ideas for improving the actual process of OJT. © 1982.

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University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Stanford University, SU
The author is Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley. Work on this paper was supported by the Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, Stanford University. \[Manuscript received January 30, 1981; revision accepted June 23, 1981.\]
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