This paper examines systematic inequalities in the match between students and the university degree they apply to, and …

,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … aware at any time that they were part of an experiment. The experiment shows that the voucher had a significant causal …

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. …

,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice … aware at any time that they were part of an experiment. The experiment shows that the voucher had a significant causal …

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. …

side, by exploiting individual data on voucher applicants, we present evidence that the percentage of voucher applicants is … of a voucher scheme, and provide a quantitative assessment of the long-term impact of vouchers on tuition fees and …

nine-year school level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a … developed very differently across municipalities over time as a result of this reform. We estimate the impact of an increase in … time, and control for differential pre-reform and concurrent municipality trends. We find that an increase in the private …

voucher program in 2008 that reduces training fees by half. Based on a randomized field experiment, this paper analyzes … whether providing information about the existence and the conditions of the training voucher had an effect on actual training … activities of employees. Because the voucher was newly introduced, only one-fourth of the eligible employees knew the voucher …