Arbeitspapier

Do government sponsored vocational training programs help the unemployed find jobs?

The study estimates the employment effect of vocational training programs for the unemployed in urban Russia. The results of propensity score matching indicate that training programs had a non-negative overall effect on the program participants relative to non-participants.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Upjohn Institute Working Paper ; No. 05-115

Classification
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Subject
unemployment
transition economies
active labour market programs
evaluation
propensity score
Berufsbildungspolitik
Arbeitslosigkeit
Beschäftigungseffekt
Russland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Nivorozhkin, Anton
Nivorozhkin, Eugene
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
(where)
Kalamazoo, MI
(when)
2005

DOI
doi:10.17848/wp05-115
Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Nivorozhkin, Anton
  • Nivorozhkin, Eugene
  • W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Time of origin

  • 2005

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