Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in Brazil

This article analyses the effect of labor turnover on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms between 1996 and 2013. We based our analysis on a theory of learning by doing, where turnover harms productivity by restricting the efficiency gains achieved by workers when they accumulate learni...

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Main Authors:	Leandro Pereira da Rocha, Valéria Lúcia Pero, Carlos Henrique Corseuil
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:	EconomiA
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S151775801930092X

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spelling	doaj-430e07bb26754d2faf4369cd05dcb7d02021-08-02T14:48:37ZengElsevierEconomiA1517-75802019-09-01203191210Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in BrazilLeandro Pereira da Rocha0Valéria Lúcia Pero1Carlos Henrique Corseuil2Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brazil; Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil; Corresponding author.Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), BrazilInstituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), BrazilThis article analyses the effect of labor turnover on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms between 1996 and 2013. We based our analysis on a theory of learning by doing, where turnover harms productivity by restricting the efficiency gains achieved by workers when they accumulate learning by producing in the same firm. We estimate a learning measurement that takes into account the loss of human capital—resulting from turnover—and its effect on total factor productivity (TFP). Our learning measurement is shown to be robust and has a consistent positive relationship with three different estimates of TFP. Keywords: Learning by doing, Labor turnover, Produttivityhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S151775801930092X
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title	Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in Brazil
title_short	Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in Brazil
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description	This article analyses the effect of labor turnover on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms between 1996 and 2013. We based our analysis on a theory of learning by doing, where turnover harms productivity by restricting the efficiency gains achieved by workers when they accumulate learning by producing in the same firm. We estimate a learning measurement that takes into account the loss of human capital—resulting from turnover—and its effect on total factor productivity (TFP). Our learning measurement is shown to be robust and has a consistent positive relationship with three different estimates of TFP. Keywords: Learning by doing, Labor turnover, Produttivity
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Turnover, learning by doing, and the dynamics of productivity in Brazil

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