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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market
Guido Schwerdt
Dolores Messer
Ludger Woessmann
Stefan C. Wolter
其他書名
Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment. Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series. PEPG 11-01
出版
ERIC Clearinghouse
, 2011
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cJfxvgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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. (Contains 10 tables, 1 figure and 12 footnotes.).
