Replication data for: The Market for Training Services: A Demand Experiment with Bangladeshi Garment Factories

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Rocco Macchiavello; Atonu Rabbani; Christopher Woodruff

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Project Citation:

Macchiavello, Rocco, Rabbani, Atonu, and Woodruff, Christopher. Replication data for: The Market for Training Services: A Demand Experiment with Bangladeshi Garment Factories. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113402V1

Project Description

Summary: We marketed a training program for lower level managers (line supervisors) to large factories in the Bangladeshi ready-made garment industry. Take-up of the program (even for a free slot) was low, due to intense production pressures, fire-fighting and concerns over retention of trained workers. Take-up is quite insensitive to pricing. There was higher interest and demand in training modules aimed at improving production processes and quality, rather than human resources and social compliance. Since the program was priced close to a commercially viable rate, it might be possible to develop a market provided they could be proved to be effective.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
      M12 Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
      M53 Personnel Economics: Training
      O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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