Language training for unemployed non-natives: Who benefits the most?

Artikel

This study evaluates the local language training aimed at the unemployed in Estonia during 2015-2016. The impact of training on employment probability and labour income is estimated by combining propensity score matching with coarsened exact matching. The impact on the probability of being employed is found to be positive after the end of the lock-in effect. Two years after the start of the language training the effect is around 8 pp. The initial lock-in effect is smaller for more flexible and shorter courses, for those with lower initial level of language skills and for those living outside of the capital region. The long-term effect is higher for those with lower level of initial language skills and does not differ by the course type or region. The results indicate that the local language training helps the unemployed non-natives to find employment, but does not give them access to higher-paying positions.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Baltic Journal of Economics ; ISSN: 2334-4385 ; Volume: 20 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 34-58 ; London: Taylor & Francis

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
• Thema: Language skills ; immigrant population ; unemployment ; programme evaluation ; matching

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kivi, Laura Helena ; Sõmer, Marko ; Kallaste, Epp
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Taylor & Francis
• (wo): London
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1080/1406099X.2020.1740403
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267576
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ