| Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Wößmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C. (2011): Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment. CESifo working paper: Economics of Education, 3331 |
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Abstract
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 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 untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education.
| Item Type: | Paper (Discussion Paper) |
|---|---|
| Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Empirical Innovation Economics |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Language: | English |
| ID Code: | 19922 |
| Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016 09:17 |
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