Comprehensive Adult Education as a Means of Reducing Unemployment

Torbjörn Lindquist ()
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Torbjörn Lindquist: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden

No 667, Umeå Economic Studies from Umeå University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper evaluates whether general education is better than traditional vocational training as a means of reducing the time individuals remain in unemployment and the risk for the individual of becoming unemployed. The empirical analysis is built on longitudinal data from Sweden. Postprogram unemployment for unemployed participants in comprehensive adult education and participants in labor market training is compared. Generally, the results indicate no substantial di¤erence between the two programs regarding their e¤ects on post-program unemployment.

Keywords: Proportions; unemployment; adult education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I29 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-12-19

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