THE EFFECT OF WORKPLACE EDUCATION ON EARNINGS, TURNOVER, AND JOB-PERFORMANCE

This article examines the impact of a workplace education program at t wo companies (one in the manufacturing sector, the other in the servic e sector). We examine a broad range of outcome variables, including ea rnings, turnover, performance awards, job attendance, and subjective p erformance measures. We estimate a small, positive impact of the progr am on earnings at the manufacturing company but an insignificant Impac t at the service company. Trainees were equally likely to exit the com pany as nontrainees. We also find that the training had a positive ass ociation with the incidence of job bids, upgrades, performance awards, and job attendance.