@techreport{Albrecht2005Knowledge,
abstract = {The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its
size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium
level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market
outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market
equilibrium. For the effects at the individual level, we apply fixed effect methods allowing for
treatment effect heterogeneity. The data are based on a number of matched longitudinal
administrative data sets covering the full population of Sweden. For the equilibrium effects,
we analyze an equilibrium search model with heterogeneous worker skills. This model is
calibrated using pre-program observations.},
author = {James Albrecht and Gerard J. van den Berg and Susan Vroman},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I28; J24; 330; returns to education; training; program evaluation; wages; participation; unemployment; schooling; Swedish labor market; selectivity bias; Ungelernte Arbeitskr\"{a}fte; Berufsbildung; Erwachsenenbildung; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse; Bildungsertrag; Arbeitslosigkeit; Bildungsverhalten; Sch\"{a}tzung; Schweden},
language = {eng},
number = {1503},
title = {The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20802},
year = {2005}
}
