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Money Matters - Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - CESifo - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181564
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - CESifo - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351470
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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - CESifo - 2011
Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments’ ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833939
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A Gift is Not Always a Gift : Gift Exchange in a Voucher Experiment
Becker, Sascha O. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of participants in the Swiss Labor Force Survey was sent vouchers to be used in adult training courses. Importantly for our purposes, actual voucher redemption can be traced. This gives the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123801
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Money Matters - Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
Messer, Dolores - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764808
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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2021
Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments’ ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316101
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The Engine Immobilizer : A Non-Starter for Car Thieves
van Ours, Jan C. - 2013
We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory for all new cars sold within the European Union as of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086983
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Maybe 'Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother' : Uncertain Family Aid and the Design of Social Long Term Care Insurance
Canta, Chiara - 2017
's degree of altruism is randomly distributed over some interval. Social insurance helps parents who receive a low level of care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963381
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Why Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children : Impacts on Parental Educational Choices
Felfe, Christina - 2016
Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … programs or enable them access to higher education. Thus, a key question is how to get immigrant parents to provide their … birthright citizenship in Germany caused immigrant parents to adapt their educational choices for their offspring. We employ a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982264
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Why Do Wealthy Parents Have Wealthy Children?
Fagereng, Andreas - 2018
Strong intergenerational associations in wealth have fueled a longstanding debate over why children of wealthy parents … by Norwegian parents to a population panel data set with detailed information on disaggregated wealth portfolios and …'s accumulation of wealth and investor behavior as adults, even when removing the genetic connection between children and the parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919007