Paying for Training to Make Training Pay Off: Evidence From France

Coline Louis (), Pierre-Jean Messe, Solenne Tanguy (), Ahmed Tritah () and Francois Charles Wolff ()
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Coline Louis: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université
Solenne Tanguy: IUT Laval - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Laval - UM - Le Mans Université, GAINS - Groupe d'Analyse des Itinéraires et des Niveaux Salariaux - UM - Le Mans Université, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ahmed Tritah: IC Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrations - French Collaborative Institute on Migration [Aubervilliers], TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ABS - Africa Business School [UM6P, Morocco] - UM6P - Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique = Mohammed VI Polytechnic University [Ben Guerir], CERNA i3 - Centre d'économie industrielle i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LéP [Poitiers] - Laboratoire d'économie de Poitiers [UR 13822] - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers
Francois Charles Wolff: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of increased financial compensation during training on jobseekers' labor market outcomes. We exploit a reform implemented in France in May 2021 that raised training allowances exclusively for non-­ recipients of unemployment benefits. Using administrative longitudinal data, we compare the trajectories of trainees affected and unaffected by the reform. Our empirical strategy combines a synthetic triple-­ difference estimator with an event-­ study framework. We find no evidence that the reform increased employment rates within 24 months of training entry, but it did enhance job quality, improving both stability and alignment with the training field.

Keywords: training programs; labor market outcomes; jobseekers; financial compensation during training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01-28
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Published in Industrial Relations, 2026, pp.1-19. ⟨10.1111/irel.70026⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/irel.70026

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