Manpower Training Programs and Employment Stability

Josef Zweimüller () and Rudolf Winter- Ebmer
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series from Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley

Abstract: We evaluate Austrian labor market policy focusing on its possible effects upon recurrent unemployment. Without properly considering the selection processes for public training programs, perverse results emerge. Taking the participation decision into account in a bivariate probit setting, Austrian manpower training programs turn out to be a sort of 'catching up1 strategy: (i) disadvantaged and less motivated job-seekers are given priority in enrollment into training programs and (ii) participation in such courses improves employment stability significantly.

Keywords: Zweimuller; Winter-Ebmer; manpower training programs; employment; stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992-05-01
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