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dc.contributor.authorSchwerdt, Guidoen
dc.contributor.authorMesser, Doloresen
dc.contributor.authorWoessmann, Ludgeren
dc.contributor.authorWolter, Stefan C.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-30-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-28T13:52:52Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-28T13:52:52Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201104113044en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46000-
dc.description.abstractLifelong 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5431en
dc.subject.jelI22en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelH43en
dc.subject.jelC93en
dc.subject.jelM53en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordfield experimenten
dc.subject.keywordvoucheren
dc.subject.keywordadult educationen
dc.subject.keywordLATEen
dc.subject.keywordSwitzerlanden
dc.subject.stwErwachsenenbildungen
dc.subject.stwVoucheren
dc.subject.stwLebenslanges Lernenen
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwBildungsertragen
dc.subject.stwFeldforschungen
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.titleEffects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn660921294en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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