Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Human Capital Formation in India

Question:

Why do firms insist that workers work for a specific period of time after on-the-job training?

Options:

To minimize the expenses incurred during training.

To ensure the workers are adequately supervised during training.

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

Correct Answer:

None of the above

Explanation:

Firms spend on giving on-thejob-training to their workers. This may take different forms: one, the workers may be trained in the firm itself under the supervision of a skilled worker; two, the workers may be sent for off-campus training. In both these cases firms incur some expenses. Firms will, thus, insist that the workers should work for a specific period of time, after their on-the-job training, during which it can recover the benefits of the enhanced productivity owing to the training. Expenditure regarding onthe-job training is a source of human capital formation as the return of such expenditure in the form of enhanced labour productivity is more than the cost of it.