Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34022 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2385
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done by calibrating an equilibrium search model with heterogeneous worker skills using pre-program data and then forecasting the program impacts. We compare the forecasts to observed aggregate labor market outcomes after termination of the program.
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Working Paper

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