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The Adult Education Initiative in Sweden –Second Year Effects on Wage Earnings and the Influence on Branch Mobility
Stenberg, Anders - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2003
earnings in 1999 and in 2000 as well as mobility between branches of employment. The estimated effects on wage earnings of the …, the earnings effects of the AEI is relatively more beneficial in 2000 than in 1999. Results on mobility indicate that AEI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424004
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Short Run Effects on Wage Earnings of the Adult Education Initiative in Sweden
Stenberg, Anders - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2002
1999 is used as outcome variable. Bias caused by the selection process into programs is dealt with using two separate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424017
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Does Comprehensive Education Work for the Long-term Unemployed?
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2004
This paper evaluates the effects of comprehensive adult education on wage earnings of the long-term unemployed, an essentially unexplored issue. We use register data pertaining to a large sample of long-term unemployed persons in Sweden who either enrolled in the comprehensive adult education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424020
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Evidence on the Impact of Adult Upper Secondary Education in Sweden
Stenberg, Anders - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2007
This study is the first to explore the earnings effects of credits attained in adult education at upper secondary level (AE) in Sweden. It is also investigated whether individuals with and without AE prior to enrolment in higher studies differ in their achievements at university and/or in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644738
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Upgrading the Low Skilled: Is Public Provision of Formal Education a Sensible Policy?
Stenberg, Anders - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2009
At various political levels, including the OECD and the EU, it is repeatedly emphasized that upgrading the low skilled is an important area for the economic and social development of modern societies. Employers are typically reluctant to train low skilled, who in their turn are unwilling to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644741
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Comprehensive Education or Vocational Training for the Unemployed?
Stenberg, Anders - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005
The Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden was introduced in the autumn of 1997 and generated a massive expansion of subsidized adult comprehensive education. This paper uses data on a large sample of unemployed persons aged 25 to 55 to evaluate the effects of comprehensive upper secondary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651969
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An Evaluation of the Adult Education Initiative Relative Labor Market Training
Stenberg, Anders - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2003
1999 to compare the AEI and LMT for individuals that do not continue in education following program completion. Two … study the annual wage earnings of 1999 and 2000 and data on attachment to branches of employment before and after program … on wage earnings tended to be more advantageous for the AEI in 2000 rather than 1999, possibly implying a lag in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651998
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Comprehensive Education for the Unemployed - Evaluating the Effectson Unemployment of the Adult Education Initiative in Sweden (Kunskapslyftet)(Kunskapslyftet)
Stenberg, Anders - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2002
This paper evaluates the effects on unemployment of the Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden. The AEI offered the unemployed adult education at a compulsory or upper secondary level. The AEI is compared with the vocational training part of Labor Market Training (LMT). The study uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652064
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Does Formal Education for Older Workers Increase Earnings? Analyzing Annual Data Stretching Over 25 Years
Stenberg, Anders; de Luna, Xavier; Westerlund, Olle - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2011
Governments in the US, Canada and Europe have expressed an ambition to stimulate education of older. In this paper, we analyze if there are effects on annual earnings of formal education for participants aged 42-55 at the time of enrolment in 1994-1995. The analysis explores longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914332
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Does Formal Education for Older Workers Increase Earnings? – Analyzing Annual Data Stretching over 25 Years
Stenberg, Anders; de Luna, Xavier; Westerlund, Olle - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2011
Governments in the US, Canada and Europe have expressed an ambition to stimulate education of older. In this paper, we analyze if there are effects on annual earnings of formal education for participants aged 42-55 at the time of enrolment in 1994-1995. The analysis explores longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914362