Economic Growth and Multiskilled Workers in Manufacturing
基于韩国制造业工厂和工人的调查，分析工人多技能培训的原因，认为多技能能力源于企业资助的在职培训，并构建理论模型说明多技能工人在新产品生产中比专业工人更高效，但在现有产品生产中效率较低。
This article analyzes the causes of workers' multiskill training and, based on a survey of manufacturing plants and workers in South Korea, concludes that multiskill capability arises from specific on-the-job training paid for by the firm. The author describes various aspects of multiskilled workers and sets up a theoretical model in which multiskilled workers are assumed to be more productive than specialized workers for producing a new product but less productive for producing an existing product. The model entails several implications, including a positive cross-sectional correlation between the proportion of multiskilled workers and the growth rate of labor productivity. Copyright 1996 by University of Chicago Press.