Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment. Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series. PEPG 11-01

Autor/inn/en	Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C.
Institution	Harvard University, Program on Education Policy and Governance
Titel	Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment. Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series. PEPG 11-01
Quelle	(2011), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Vouchers; Adult Education; Lifelong Learning; Human Capital; Labor Market; Program Evaluation; Educational Research; Evidence; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Humankapital; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Evidenz; Schweiz
Abstract	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 effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and subsequent education one year after treatment. But effects are heterogeneous: Low-education individuals are most likely to profit from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of existing untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education. (Contains 10 tables, 1 figure and 12 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Program on Education Policy and Governance. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Taubman 304, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-7976; Fax: 617-496-4428; e-mail: pepg@fas.harvard.edu; Web site: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10