- Training hypothesis
The training hypothesis, also known as the "job training hypothesis" or the "on-the-job-training hypothesis" is an area of study in
economics , specifically in studies ofproductivity andwages . It predicts that low-aptitude applicants for employment or education can be made just as proficient as high-aptitude applicants, by giving them extra education or experience. ["Does Work Experience Increase Productivity? A Test of the On-The-Job Training Hypothesis" by Cheryl L. Maranto, Robert C. Rodgers. "The Journal of Human Resources," Vol. 19, No. 3 (Summer, 1984), pp. 341-357 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-166X(198422)19%3A3%3C341%3ADWEIPA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C J-STOR] ] ["The Fine Structure of Earnings and the On-the-Job Training Hypothesis." John C. Hause.Econometrica , Vol. 48, No. 4 (May, 1980), pp. 1013-1029 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0012-9682(198005)48:4%3C1013:TFSOEA%3E2.0.CO;2-6 JSTOR] also available at [http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/0025.html REPEC] ] ["Minimum wages, on-the-job training, and wage growth. by Adam J. Grossberg , Paul Sicilian "Southern Economic Journal," Vol. 65, 1999 [http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=GfdHNK2zYxS8bp8yytwPlfFcd7gY2nLKTvwWvJnzxy9GyWgn3MgV!-1899162586?docId=5001233846 Questia] "the best test of the training hypothesis "] [Bartel, Ann P. "Earnings Growth on the Job and Between Jobs." "Economic Inquiry," Vol. XVIII, No. 1, (January 1980), pp. 123-137. [http://www.nber.org/papers/W0117.pdf NBER] ]To explain the hypothesis,
Linda Gottfredson writes:Another approach has been to provide extra instruction or experience to very low-aptitude individuals so that they have more time to master job content. Both reflect what might be termed the training hypothesis, which is that, with sufficient instruction, low-aptitude individuals can be trained to perform as well as high-aptitude individuals. The armed services have devoted much research to such efforts, partly because they periodically have had to induct large numbers of very low-aptitude recruits. Even the most optimistic observers (Sticht, 1975; Sticht, Armstrong, Hickey, & Caylor, 1987) have concluded that such training fails to improve general skills and, at most, increases the number of low-aptitude men who perform at minimally acceptable levels, mostly in lower level jobs. ["Why g Matters: The Complexity ofEveryday Life" by Linda S. Gottredson "Intelligence," 24(1), 79-132. [http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997whygmatters.pdf reprint] ]
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General intelligence factor
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