Retraining for the unemployed and the quality of the job match

Philipp Grunau and Julia Lang

Applied Economics, 2020, vol. 52, issue 47, 5098-5114

Abstract: In Germany, retraining is an important measure in active labour market policy, providing unemployed individuals with extensive vocational training. Using administrative data, we show that retraining participants are more likely to take up jobs that require their educational degree and are more often employed in those occupations for which they have received vocational training. Moreover, retraining leads to higher earnings. As these effects may be driven by the positive impact of retraining on employment, we additionally try to isolate the direct effect by restricting our analyses to those formerly unemployed who find employment irrespective of participation in retraining.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1753879

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