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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, … - 2004
skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573436
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The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program that Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vroman, Susan - 2021
participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318690
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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W. (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335873
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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W. (contributor);  … - 2005
participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002634363
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The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319315
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Marginal returns to schooling and sducation policy change in Japan
Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2017
This paper examines the returns to university education in Japan, using tuition, availability of universities, and labor market conditions as instrumental variables. To measure availability of universities, this paper uses total accredited capacity of all universities in the prefecture of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628420
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436069
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue-based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447269
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 …. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use … originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014180262
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The effects of free secondary school track choice: a disaggregated synthetic control approach
Osikominu, Aderonke; Pfeifer, Gregor; Strohmaier, Kristina - 2021
We exploit a recent state-level reform in Germany that granted parents the right to decide on the highest secondary school track suitable for their child, changing the purpose of the primary teacher's recommendation from mandatory to informational. Applying a disaggre-gated synthetic control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418439