Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2020:3: Informing employees in small and medium sized firms about training: results of a randomized field experiment
Gerard J. van den Berg (), Christine Dauth (), Pia Homrighausen () and Gesine Stephan ()
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Gerard J. van den Berg: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Christine Dauth: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research, Postal: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research
Pia Homrighausen: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research, Postal: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research
Gesine Stephan: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research, Postal: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research
Abstract: We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers eligible for a subsizided occupational training program called WeGebAU,informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data,we estimate effects of the information treatment brochure on awareness of the program, on take-up of WeGebAU and other training,and on subsequent employment. The bRochure more than doubles awareness of the program. There are no effects on WeGebAU take-up but participation in other(unsubsidized) training increasesamong employees aged below 45. Short-term labor market outcomes are not affected.
Keywords: employment; wages; skills; randomized controlled trial; information treatment
33 pages, February 27, 2020
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