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Can voluntary adult education reduce unemployment? : causal evidence from East Germany after reunification

Rupieper, Li Kathrin Kaja; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2024

After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market …-level analysis of East Germany between 1991 and 2002. Our identification strategy is based on a decentralized expansion of courses … average. Yet, in counties neighboring West Germany, we find that courses reduced unemployment. Low labor demand may have …

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Chapter 9. Government-Sponsored Vocational Education for Adults

McCall, B.; Smith, J.; Wunsch, C. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : Volume 5, (pp. 479-652). 2016

, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark come next. These countries all provide a rich base of compelling …

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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2014

Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching a specific skill to ease the transition into employment. However, in 1997, the Swedish unemployed could choose general/theoretical training through enrollment in one year of full-time studies at the upper secondary school level....

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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2014

Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general training at the upper secondary school level. Despite the dominance of programs offering specific training, long-term relative...

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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training

Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009

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. User behavior was compared with a control group...

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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011

Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average...

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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011

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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

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Multidimensional human capital, wages and endogenous employment status in Ghana

Blunch, Niels-Hugo (contributor) - 2008

Previous studies of labor market outcomes such as employment and wages have mostly been limited to investigating the impact of formal schooling only and, as a consequence, have seldom considered skills or alternative routes to acquiring skills, such as adult literacy programs, or other types of...

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Money matters : evidence from a large-scale Randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training

Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009

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