to adult education or the effectiveness of government attempts to promote adult learning. This paper evaluates the … effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult education. We find no significant average labor … market effects of voucher-induced self-financed adult education for compliers, but also find evidence for substantial effect …

spending on education at the local, state-wide or national level, trying to control for other exogenous effects. Although this … groups. The analysis shows that elderly people present a clear tendency to be less willing to spend money on education. They … would rather prefer to spend public resources on health and social security than on education. Furthermore the paper shows …

education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and … subsequent education one year after treatment. But effects are heterogeneous: Low-education individuals are most likely to profit … from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of existing …

/metropolitan area residents and those on a low income. In contrast, residents of small to medium-sized centers of population, high-income …