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 …

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human … capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during …

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human … capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during …

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human … capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during …

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human … capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during …

. Training unemployed workers in care occupations might mitigate this problem. This study analyzes the effectiveness of … subsidized training in elderly care professions for the unemployed in Germany over 12 years. We find that subsidized further … training and retraining in elderly care improves the employment chances of unemployed workers substantially in the long term …

. Training unemployed workers in care occupations might mitigate this problem. This study analyzes the effectiveness of … subsidized training in elderly care professions for the unemployed in Germany over 12 years. We find that subsidized further … training and retraining in elderly care improves the employment chances of unemployed workers substantially in the long term …

The vocational employment training program is the most expensive training program in Sweden and a cornerstone of labor …

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 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 …