Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193257 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11963
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyze a German labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. This WeGebAU program reimburses training costs but take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially eligible workers, informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using combined survey and register data, we analyze the impact of receiving the brochure on workers' awareness of the program, on take-up of WeGebAU and other training, and on job characteristics. The survey data reveal that the brochure more than doubled workers' awareness of the program. We do not find effects on WeGebAU program take-up or short-run labor market outcomes in the register data. However, the information treatment positively affected participation in other (unsubsidized) training among employees under 45 years.
Subjects: 
information treatment
wages
skills
employment
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
J24
J65
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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