The impact of an adult education voucher program : evidence from a randomized field experiment
| Type of Publication: | Journal article |
| Author: | Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C. |
| Year of publication: | 2012 |
| Published in: | Journal of Public Economics ; 96 (2012), 7-8. - pp. 569-583. - ISSN 0047-2727. - eISSN 1879-2316 |
| DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.03.001 |
| Summary: |
Lifelong learning is often promoted in aging 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 effects of the voucher program on earnings, employment, and subsequent education 1 year after treatment. But effects are heterogeneous: low-educated individuals are most likely to profit from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. In addition, the public voucher program appears to crowd out firm-financed training. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education.
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| Subject (DDC): | 330 Economics |
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SCHWERDT, Guido, Dolores MESSER, Ludger WOESSMANN, Stefan C. WOLTER, 2012. The impact of an adult education voucher program : evidence from a randomized field experiment. In: Journal of Public Economics. 96(7-8), pp. 569-583. ISSN 0047-2727. eISSN 1879-2316. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.03.001
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