Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46000 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5431
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
field experiment
voucher
adult education
LATE
Switzerland
JEL: 
I22
J24
H43
C93
M53
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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