regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local … training participation is significantly higher in regions with many firms in the training supply market. The predictive power …

This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and training schemes. Finally, we investigate whether prior … long-term unemployment. Training programmes organised by labour offices should not be regarded as a panacea for the … tool for social rather than economic policy. People with previous unemployment spells must expect to stay unemployed far …

vocational training. Using a selection-on-observables approach I show that a delayed transition into vocational training after … lower track secondary school is not a disadvantage conditional on a successful transition into vocational training. Students … wages paid during vocational training as well as average wages, prestige, and socioeconomic status of the training …