In this paper we evaluate the effectiveness of labour market training programmes in raising participants employment rates. Detailed pre-training and post-training information on background variables, earnings and employment are used to estimate the training effect.

This paper analyses the effect of aspects of family background, such as family income and parental education, on the educational attainment of persons born from 1967 to 1972. Family income is measured at different periods of a child’s life to separate longterm versus short-term effects of...