Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333525 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 712
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
This paper combines a counterfactual impact analysis using rich administrative data with a participant survey to assess the long-term labour market effects of Austria's large-scale educational leave programme. The scheme allows eligible employees to take full- or part-time leave for further education, supported by income-compensating benefits. We find that participation substantially increases monthly earnings but does not improve employment probability. Full-time leave reduces employment in the short term and modestly in the long term, offsetting wage gains and resulting in no increase in cumulative earnings. Part-time leave yields even larger monthly wage increases and clear cumulative earnings gains, with no significant employment effects.
Subjects: 
Educational leave
continuing education
labour-market outcomes
JEL: 
H52
I26
I28
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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