Please answer the first three. A justification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. Suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. However, rather than having data on individual workers you can access data on manufacturing firms in Ohio. In particular, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of non-defective items produced per worker (output). (a) Carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (b) Does it seem likely that a firm decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? (c) List 3 measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics. (d) Name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect workers' productivity. (e) If you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? Explain
Please answer the first three.
A justification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. Suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. However, rather than having data on individual workers you can access data on manufacturing firms in Ohio. In particular, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of non-defective items produced per worker (output).
(a) Carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question.
(b) Does it seem likely that a firm decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics?
(c) List 3 measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics.
(d) Name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect workers' productivity.
(e) If you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? Explain
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