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| Title: | | Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium  |
| Authors: | | Cockx, Bart Leo Wim |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 682 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational classroom training on the rate of transition from unemployment. We propose a ?control function? estimator accounting for variable treatment effects. In the absence of interaction effects between explanatory variables this estimator identifies treatment effects free from selection bias. A natural experiment induces exogenous sub-regional variation in the training supply. This provides over-identifying restrictions that cannot be rejected. During participation, the transition rate decreases by 23% to 30%. Afterwards it increases by 47% to 73%. Making training available for a broader population would, however, reduce the effectiveness of the programme. |
| Subjects: | | vocational training evaluation transition models job-search |
| JEL: | | J68 J64 C41 J24 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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