Despite its potential importance for growth and
development, only a handful papers either empirical
or theoretical have directly addressed the
determinants of and returns to firm-level on-the-job
training in developing countries. Yet many strands
of research point to training as an important source
of human capital accumulation in these economies.
This monograph aims to describe in a comprehensive
way the determinants of, as well as the returns to,
training for a set of African workers and firms
operating in five different countries. It looks at
many of the standard explanations offered in the
training and labor literature developed with regard
to the developed world, while also asking several
questions very specific to the African experience,
in particular the HIV/AIDS epidemic that emerges
during the 1990s.
development, only a handful papers either empirical
or theoretical have directly addressed the
determinants of and returns to firm-level on-the-job
training in developing countries. Yet many strands
of research point to training as an important source
of human capital accumulation in these economies.
This monograph aims to describe in a comprehensive
way the determinants of, as well as the returns to,
training for a set of African workers and firms
operating in five different countries. It looks at
many of the standard explanations offered in the
training and labor literature developed with regard
to the developed world, while also asking several
questions very specific to the African experience,
in particular the HIV/AIDS epidemic that emerges
during the 1990s.