The wage returns to on-the-job training: evidence from matched employer-employee data

IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 1 Differences in wages for workers with and without training

	Mean	SE
	(1)	(2)
Panel A: Malaysia
Avg Ln wage	0.410	(0.778)
Avg Ln wage for the trained	0.698	(0.793)
Avg Ln wage for the non-trained	0.266	(0.729)
Difference in Avg Ln wage for the trained and the not trained	0.431***	(0.019)
Number of workers trained	2,215
Number of workers not trained	4,464
Total number of workers	6,679
Panel B: Thailand
Avg Ln wage	-0.135	(0.715)
Avg Ln wage for the trained	0.000	(0.743)
Avg Ln wage for the non-trained	-0.285	(0.657)
Difference in Avg Ln wage for the trained and the not trained	0.284***	(0.014)
Number of workers trained	4,941
Number of workers not trained	4,477
Total number of workers	9,418

Source: Authors’ calculations based on the Enterprise Surveys (World Bank).
Note: We report the natural logarithm of hourly wage in USD at the time of the survey. * significant at 10%, ** significant at 5%, *** significant at 1%. Panel A reports the descriptive statistics for the sample of workers in Malaysia and Panel B reports the descriptive statistics for the sample of workers in Thailand. Column (1) reports the mean of the variables listed, and column (2) and reports standard errors.