Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015
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...
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SKILLS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION TEACHERS SKILLED WORKERS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES SCHOOLING NUMERACY ENROLLMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS STUDENT FLOW NEEDS ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL LEAVERS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE TRAINING SKILL MIX TRAINING CENTERS FACULTY TRAINEES LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS CRITICAL THINKING EDUCATION STATISTICS PROFICIENCY MATHEMATICS QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS PARTNERSHIPS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOL TRAINING MATERIALS WRITING SKILLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES FORMAL TRAINING EDUCATION SYSTEM JOB TRAINING OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ATTAINMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PROBLEM SOLVING STUDENT LOANS AVERAGE SCHOOLING ENROLLMENT RATIOS ASSESSMENTS READING TECHNOLOGY VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES SKILLS TRAINING SCIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTES REGIONAL TRAINING VALUES SCHOOLS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA LEARNING OUTCOMES QUALITY STANDARDS OCCUPATIONS SKILLED WORKFORCE SCHOOL GRADUATES PRIVATE EDUCATION INDEXES EDUCATION LEVEL CAMPAIGNS PRIMARY GRADUATES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WORKSHOPS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS ACCREDITATION BASIC LITERACY COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING LEVEL OF EDUCATION CHILDREN SCIENCE TEACHERS EDUCATION SKILL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT STATISTICS TYPES OF EDUCATION SERVICE TRAINING EDUCATIONAL SKILLS YOUNG PEOPLE FACILITIES BASIC EDUCATION STATISTICS STUDENTS PRIMARY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES |
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SKILLS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION TEACHERS SKILLED WORKERS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES SCHOOLING NUMERACY ENROLLMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS STUDENT FLOW NEEDS ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL LEAVERS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE TRAINING SKILL MIX TRAINING CENTERS FACULTY TRAINEES LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS CRITICAL THINKING EDUCATION STATISTICS PROFICIENCY MATHEMATICS QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS PARTNERSHIPS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOL TRAINING MATERIALS WRITING SKILLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES FORMAL TRAINING EDUCATION SYSTEM JOB TRAINING OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ATTAINMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PROBLEM SOLVING STUDENT LOANS AVERAGE SCHOOLING ENROLLMENT RATIOS ASSESSMENTS READING TECHNOLOGY VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES SKILLS TRAINING SCIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTES REGIONAL TRAINING VALUES SCHOOLS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA LEARNING OUTCOMES QUALITY STANDARDS OCCUPATIONS SKILLED WORKFORCE SCHOOL GRADUATES PRIVATE EDUCATION INDEXES EDUCATION LEVEL CAMPAIGNS PRIMARY GRADUATES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WORKSHOPS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS ACCREDITATION BASIC LITERACY COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING LEVEL OF EDUCATION CHILDREN SCIENCE TEACHERS EDUCATION SKILL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT STATISTICS TYPES OF EDUCATION SERVICE TRAINING EDUCATIONAL SKILLS YOUNG PEOPLE FACILITIES BASIC EDUCATION STATISTICS STUDENTS PRIMARY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES Tan, Hong Bashir, Sajitha Tanaka, Nobuyuki Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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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. |
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Working Paper |
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Tan, Hong Bashir, Sajitha Tanaka, Nobuyuki |
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Tan, Hong Bashir, Sajitha Tanaka, Nobuyuki |
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Tan, Hong |
| title |
Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 |
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skill use, skill deficits, and firm performance in formal sector enterprises : evidence from the tanzania enterprise skills survey, 2015 |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26371585/skill-use-skill-deficits-firm-performance-formal-sector-enterprises-evidence-tanzania-enterprise-skills-survey-2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24510 |
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okr-10986-245102021-04-23T14:04:22Z Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015 Tan, Hong Bashir, Sajitha Tanaka, Nobuyuki SKILLS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION TEACHERS SKILLED WORKERS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES SCHOOLING NUMERACY ENROLLMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS STUDENT FLOW NEEDS ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL LEAVERS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE TRAINING SKILL MIX TRAINING CENTERS FACULTY TRAINEES LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS CRITICAL THINKING EDUCATION STATISTICS PROFICIENCY MATHEMATICS QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS PARTNERSHIPS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOL TRAINING MATERIALS WRITING SKILLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES FORMAL TRAINING EDUCATION SYSTEM JOB TRAINING OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ATTAINMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PROBLEM SOLVING STUDENT LOANS AVERAGE SCHOOLING ENROLLMENT RATIOS ASSESSMENTS READING TECHNOLOGY VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES SKILLS TRAINING SCIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTES REGIONAL TRAINING VALUES SCHOOLS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA LEARNING OUTCOMES QUALITY STANDARDS OCCUPATIONS SKILLED WORKFORCE SCHOOL GRADUATES PRIVATE EDUCATION INDEXES EDUCATION LEVEL CAMPAIGNS PRIMARY GRADUATES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WORKSHOPS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS ACCREDITATION BASIC LITERACY COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING LEVEL OF EDUCATION CHILDREN SCIENCE TEACHERS EDUCATION SKILL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT STATISTICS TYPES OF EDUCATION SERVICE TRAINING EDUCATIONAL SKILLS YOUNG PEOPLE FACILITIES BASIC EDUCATION STATISTICS STUDENTS PRIMARY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES 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. 2016-06-13T21:42:38Z 2016-06-13T21:42:38Z 2016-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26371585/skill-use-skill-deficits-firm-performance-formal-sector-enterprises-evidence-tanzania-enterprise-skills-survey-2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24510 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7672 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania |