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Advising Policymakers Through the Media
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the education of policymakers through the media. It is the silver bullet of policy advice in comparison to...
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Von Schweden lernen : Weiterbildung gering Qualifizierter im Rahmen der kommunalen Erwachsenenbildung (Komvux)
Schulte-Braucks, Philipp - 2013
Gering Qualifizierte weisen in Deutschland eine im Vergleich zum Bevölkerungsdurchschnitt deutlich niedrigere … Beschäftigungsquote und Weiterbildungsbeteiligung auf. Auch im europäischen Vergleich schneidet Deutschland im Bereich der … besonderer Bedeutung ist dabei ein innovatives System der kommunalen Erwachsenenbildung ("Komvux"), dessen Funktionsweise und …
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The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vroman, Susan - 2005
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 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/10010268953
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Multidimensional human capital, wages and endogenous employment status in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2008
Previous studies of labor market outcomes such as employment and wages have mostly been limited to investigating the impact of formal schooling only and, as a consequence, have seldom considered skills or alternative routes to acquiring skills, such as adult literacy programs, or other types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269004
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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; … - 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 average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277272
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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2008
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277323
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A second chance at education for early school leavers
Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico; Tseng, Yi-Ping - 2012
Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school completion across OECD countries since the mid-1990s. These modest improvements underline the importance of programs that encourage early school leavers to return to post-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287610
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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Schwerdt, Guido - 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 average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131172
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A Second Chance at Education for Early School Leavers
Polidano, Cain - 2012
Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school completion across OECD countries since the mid-1990s. These modest improvements underline the importance of programs that encourage early school leavers to return to post-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099797