of training for unemployed workers in France, using a rich register data set. Training has little impact on unemployment … probability is high. -- Treatment ; program participation ; unemployment duration ; training ; propensity score ; matching …

policies on transition rates out of unemployment. We perform the first evaluation of training effects for the unemployed adults … in France, exploiting a unique longitudinal dataset from the unemployment insurance system. Using the so-called timing … unemployment, but has a significant and positive effect on the duration of the subsequent employment spell. Accounting for training …