| dc.creator | Godfrey, Martin | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-13T13:55:31Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-13T13:55:31Z | |
| dc.date | 1977 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Godfrey, Martin. (1977) Education, training, productivity and income: a Kenyan case-study. Discussion Paper 253, Nairobi: Institiute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/675 | |
| dc.identifier | 317268 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1949 | |
| dc.description | This paper the author looks at the effect of education and training
on productivity, as indicated by performance on government trade tests of craft
skills in engineering, building, woodwork, electrical and tailoring trades. In
January and February 1973, 446 candidates for government trade tests in Nairobi
and Kisumu were interviewed, 70 per cent of the candidates during this period,
and full job histories were obtained for 185.
Although the sample was small and perhaps not strictly representative,
a number of interesting results were obtained. It was found that those who had
undergone full-time training courses did worse at all grades of test than those
who had not. Similarly, the small significance of schooling in explaining test
performance calls into question the tendency to upgrade academic qualifications
required for entry into employment or training courses. It was also found that
employers tend to reward higher productivity at least in the sense that, especially
at grade I level, they anticipate the test results, paying more to those who are
going to pass than to those who are going to fail. Further, there does not seem
to be an excess supply of skilled and semi-skilled workers: on the contrary, the
high returns to movement between jobs suggest that this is still very much a
seller's market. Finally, a firm conclusion can be drawn from this survey that
this is a relatively inexpensive way of collecting useful information which would
be worthwhile repeating on a regular basis with a large coverage. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;253 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.title | Education, training, productivity and income: a Kenyan case-study | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
