“The Double Dividend of Training” – Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland

Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. (October 2022). “The Double Dividend of Training” – Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland (IZA Discussion Paper 15619). IZA Institute of Labor Economics 10.2139/ssrn.4241598

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This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training
on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census
data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a
regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences approach with entropy balancing to
account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We find that training participation increases
yearly earnings and reduces the risk of unemployment two years after the treatment.
However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education, and regional
labor market context. The gains are highest for middle-aged men with formal vocational
education working in either depressed or booming labor markets.

Item Type:

Working Paper

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics

UniBE Contributor:

Wolter, Stefan Cornelis

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

2365-9793

Series:

IZA Discussion Paper

Publisher:

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Language:

English

Submitter:

Julia Alexandra Schlosser

Date Deposited:

26 Oct 2022 12:09

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:27

Publisher DOI:

10.2139/ssrn.4241598

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/174091

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/174091

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