Do individual programme effects exceed the costs? Norwegian evidence on long run effects of labour market training
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Authors:
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Hege Torp and Tao Zhang
Year:
2002
Reference:
Memorandum
Number in series: 15
Summary
Individual long run effects of a labour market training programme targeted at unemployed adults are evaluated by comparing mean post-training earnings for matched samples of participants and non-participants. Average training effects on the trained are positive and persistent over the posttraining period of 5 years. Participants without recent work experience, prior to the training, gain less. For participants with recent work experience the present value of the 5 years accumulated earnings effect exceeds the direct costs of the training.
JEL:
C14, J64, and J68
Keywords:
Training unemployed, causal effects, matching estimators, accumulated long run effects
Project:
Oppdragsgiver: Norges forskningsrådOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.:
Frisch prosjekt: 1203 - Sorting, exposed groups and labour market programmes
Contact:
hege.torp@isaf.no
Financing:
Forskningsrådet
