Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises (Record no. 28933)
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| Standard number or code | 10.1596/1813-9450-7672 |
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| System control number | (The World Bank)7672 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tan, Hong. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Hong Tan. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (65 p.) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Inadequacies in Tanzania's education and training systems compromise the quality of workforce skills, giving rise to skill shortages, and constraining the operations and growth of formal sector firms in the country. This study addressed these concerns using data from a unique Enterprise Skills Survey that asked Tanzanian employers about the education, training, and occupational mix of their workforce, the skill gaps in cognitive, noncognitive, and job-specific competencies affecting their operations, and the strategies they are using to overcome these skill gaps. The study investigates the consequences for firm productivity of employers' choices about their optimal skills mix, and their strategies to mitigate shortfalls in skills supply. Compared with noninnovators and firms primarily serving the domestic market, exporters and innovators face greater skill demand and suffer from skill shortages that are more likely to constrain their operations in such areas as quality assurance, use of new technology, and introducing new products and services. In analyzing firm performance and its relation to skill mix, the study found that firms with higher shares of tertiary-educated workers are more productive; it found no impact, however, from secondary education and technical vocational education and training qualifications, possibly reflecting the universally acknowledged poor quality of secondary education in Tanzania. Employers use a range of strategies to address skill deficiencies, from hiring new workers, to training current workers in-house or externally, using high-skill expatriate workers, or outsourcing professional services. Almost all were associated with higher labor productivity. The exception, employer provided in-house training, had no measurable impact on productivity. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Access & Equity in Basic Education |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Demand and Supply of Labor |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Education |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Education for All |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Effective Schools & Teachers |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Firm Performance |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | ICT Policy and Strategies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Information and Communication Technologies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Primary Education |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Skills |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Training |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bashir, Sajitha. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tan, Hong. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tanaka, Nobuyuki. |
| 776 18 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | Print Version: |
| Display text | Tan, Hong. |
| Title | Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016. |
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| Uniform title | Policy research working papers. |
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| Uniform title | World Bank e-Library. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-7672">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-7672</a> |
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