کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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969201 | 1479463 | 2012 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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Lifelong learning is often promoted in aging 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 the voucher program on earnings, employment, and subsequent education 1 year after treatment. But effects are heterogeneous: low-educated individuals are most likely to profit from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. In addition, the public voucher program appears to crowd out firm-financed training. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education.
► Evaluates Swiss field experiment on vouchers for adult education.
► No significant average effects on earnings, employment, and subsequent education.
► Low-education individuals most likely to profit, but least likely to use voucher.
► Public voucher program appears to crowd out firm-financed training.
► Findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of untargeted voucher programs.
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 96, Issues 7–8, August 2012, Pages 569–583