of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart from their ability to transform training into skills …

This paper is an empirical investigation of the complementarity between education and training in 13 European countries …, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). After confirming the standard result that training incidence is … higher among individuals with more education, I find that the relationship between educational attainment and training …

. The results also show that more intensive training is associated with greater initial earnings losses but also greater …

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … and negative relationship between educational attainment and on the job training and no significant relationship between … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …

firms is larger, especially for accredited training. These results are inconsistent with orthodox human capital theory with …We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various … forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages …

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 … impact on participation in training modules. Nevertheless, the increase was partially offset by a deadweight loss in excess …

This paper studies the role of training vouchers and caseworkers in public training programs. Using a rich … introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on participants. Besides estimating the overall reform effect … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …

This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job …-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering … observables and unobservables as well as heterogeneous treatment effects. The results indicate that short-term training schemes …

In this paper, we analyze the transition to the labour market of participants in vocational training in Madeira Island … the completion of the training program) depends on relevant variables, such as age, gender, education and the content and … duration of the training. In a second stage, we use the individuals' self-assessment regarding the effectiveness of the …