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Within-Firm Human Capital Externalities in Tunisia

Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe Jalil (2011), Within-Firm Human Capital Externalities in Tunisia, The Journal of Development Studies, 47, 4, p. 657-675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.506912

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Date
2011
Journal name
The Journal of Development Studies
Volume
47
Number
4
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pages
657-675
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Author(s)
Muller, Christophe
Nordman, Christophe Jalil cc
Abstract (EN)
This case study exploits matched firm–employee Tunisian data in order to underline the role played by within-firm human capital in worker remuneration. The estimated returns to human capital in wage equations remain unchanged when the dummies representing firm heterogeneity are replaced in the list of regressors with three firm variables: a textile industry dummy, within-firm mean education, and firm age. We find that part of what is usually considered as return to education may be due to within-firm externalities.
Subjects / Keywords
economic development; rate of returns; human capital; wage differentials; intra-firm knowledge externalities; Tunisia
JEL
J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development