%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Nordman, Christophe
%A Wolff, F.C.
%T On-the-job learning and earnings : comparative evidence from Morocco and Senegal
%D 2012
%L fdi:010087068
%G ENG
%J Région et Développement
%@ 1267-5059
%K MAROC ; SENEGAL
%P 151-176
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087068
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2023-07/010087068.pdf
%V 35
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account for firm heterogeneity using firm factors derived from a principal component analysis. We find that the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity. Informal training significantly affects the shape of returns to tenure in these two countries. Finally, we estimate an extended model with both learning-by-watching and learning-by-doing and find significant benefits from imitating colleagues in Morocco.
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