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Von Schweden lernen : Weiterbildung gering Qualifizierter im Rahmen der kommunalen Erwachsenenbildung (Komvux)

Schulte-Braucks, Philipp - 2013

Gering Qualifizierte weisen in Deutschland eine im Vergleich zum Bevölkerungsdurchschnitt deutlich niedrigere … Beschäftigungsquote und Weiterbildungsbeteiligung auf. Auch im europäischen Vergleich schneidet Deutschland im Bereich der … besonderer Bedeutung ist dabei ein innovatives System der kommunalen Erwachsenenbildung ("Komvux"), dessen Funktionsweise und …

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A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms

Bennett, Patrick - 2020

Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register data, and for identification we exploit reforms enabling access to high...

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The Earnings Effect of Education at Community Colleges

Marcotte, Dave E. - 2006

In this paper, I make use of data from the 2000 follow-up of the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) post-secondary education transcript files to extend what is known about the value of education at community colleges. I examine the effects of enrollment in community colleges on...

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From Giving Birth to Paid Labor : The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers

Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2021

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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A Second Chance at Education for Early School Leavers

Polidano, Cain - 2012

Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school completion across OECD countries since the mid-1990s. These modest improvements underline the importance of programs that encourage early school leavers to return to post-school...

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The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning : Work-Related Training and Social Capital

Ruhose, Jens - 2018

We propose a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences framework to estimate non-pecuniary returns to adult education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains. Using data from the German SOEP, we evaluate the...

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Central Exams and Adult Skills : Evidence from PIAAC

Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2021

Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and...

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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Schwerdt, Guido - 2011

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...

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Apprenticeship training in Canada : a theoretical and empirical analysis

Weiermair, Klaus - 1984

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Dynamic distributive effects of money stock changes in a three-country world model under flexible exchange rate regimes

Aoki, Masanao - 1981

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