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.

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. -- Unemployment ;...

North America offers lessons about policies that help sustain low unemployment. This article examines the effects of supply-side policies, which boost the skills of the workforce and improve microeconomic incentives facing workers and employers. Two supply-side policies were expanded after the...

Jobs are critical to ending the cycle of poverty because they give people the opportunity to support themselves and their families. Policymakers focused on helping people move into the workforce often turn to vocational training and retraining programs. But do these actually improve people s...