of fifty percent. -- Field experiment ; voucher ; adult education ; training ; Switzerland …,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice …This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 …

education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and … profit from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of existing … untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education. -- field experiment ; voucher ; adult …

This paper examines a training intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among employees of a … the training on store- and individual- level productivity. The intervention was more effective in boosting leadership than … findings confirm the possibility of increasing productivity through training targeting critical soft-skills. …

have attempted to address failures in the apprenticeship markets to expand access or improve training quality. Subsidized … provide general skill training. This paper analyzes the impact of subsidized dual apprenticeships combining on-the-job and … theoretical training in Côte d'Ivoire. We set up an experiment that simultaneously randomized whether interested youths were …

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 … of voucher training on wages, employment, job tasks and on subjective outcomes (in particular, the risk of job loss and …