Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...

This paper deals with the occupational absorption of female immigrants from the former Soviet Union (now the CIS) into Israel's labor market, and their participation in subsidized vocational training courses. About 43 percent of these immigrants had participated in such a course during their...