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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: University of Bristol
Christine Dauth: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Pia Homrighausen: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201922, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "We analyze a labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. The program covers a substantial share of training costs. Nonetheless, take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially eligible workers, informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about the subsidy program in particular. Using combined survey and register data, we analyze the impact of receiving the brochure on workers' knowledge of the program, on take-up of subsidized and unsubsidized training, and on job characteristics. The survey data reveal that the brochure more than doubled workers' awareness of the program. We do not find effects on program take-up or short-run labor market outcomes in the register data. However, the information treatment positively affected participation in other (unsubsidized) training among employees under 45 years." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Weiterbildungsbeteiligung; Auswirkungen; Beschäftigungseffekte; IAB-Betriebspanel; Informationsangebot; Projekt WeGebAU; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb; ältere Arbeitnehmer; Niedrigqualifizierte; Subvention; arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahme; Weiterbildungsförderung; 2014-2015 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2019-11-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-exp, nep-hrm and nep-lab
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