We investigate the labour market determinants and outcomes of adult participation in formal education (lifelong learning) in Australia, a country with high levels of adult education. Employing longitudinal data and fixed effects methods allows identification of effects on outcomes free of...

Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general training at the upper secondary school level. Despite the dominance of programs offering specific training, long-term relative...

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...

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...

Gliederung: 1. Ausgangslage. - 2. Strukturunterschiede der beruflichen Weiterbildung zur beruflichen Erstausbildung (2.1 Formen der Weiterbildung. - 2.2 Ordnung der beruflichen Weiterbildung). - 3. Bezüge von beruflicher Erstausbildung und Weiterbildung (3.1 Ansätze einer Vernetzung. - 3.2...