Pre-Job Training and the Earnings of High-Tech Employees in Taiwan

The principal aim of this paper is to measure the impact of pre-job training programmes on the subsequent earnings of trainees, with special attention given to engineers employed by high-tech firms in Taiwan. With the effects of educational attainment, age, and seniority controlled for, this study c...

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Published in:Innovations in education and teaching international 2000, Vol.37 (1), p.10-16
Main Author: Huang, Tung-Chun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Surveys
Adult Vocational Education
Comparative Analysis
Earning Potential
Earnings
Economic Status
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational Facilities Improvement
Educational sciences
Employment
Engineering Technology
Females
Foreign Countries
Human capital
Job opportunity, qualification, labour market
Job Performance
Job Training
Life-long education and employment
Males
Off the Job Training
Outcomes of Education
Participation
Productivity
Taiwan
Technical Education
Trainees
Training
Training Effectiveness
Training Methods
Variables
Wages
Wages & salaries
Workers
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Summary:The principal aim of this paper is to measure the impact of pre-job training programmes on the subsequent earnings of trainees, with special attention given to engineers employed by high-tech firms in Taiwan. With the effects of educational attainment, age, and seniority controlled for, this study concludes that public training programmes have no impact on the earnings of participants in later jobs. However, it finds that participation in private training programmes does have a significantly positive effect on post-training earnings. A comparison between this study and others is made, and implications are briefly discussed.
ISSN:1355-8005
1470-3297
1469-8420
1470-3300
DOI:10.1080/135580000362034