Informing employees in small and medium sized firms about training: results of a randomized field experiment

Gerard van den Berg, Christine Dauth (), Pia Homrighausen () and Gesine Stephan
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Christine Dauth: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research, Postal: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research
Pia Homrighausen: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research, Postal: IAB (The Institute for Employment Research

No 2020:3, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers eligible for a subsizided occupational training program called WeGebAU,informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data,we estimate effects of the information treatment brochure on awareness of the program, on take-up of WeGebAU and other training,and on subsequent employment. The bRochure more than doubles awareness of the program. There are no effects on WeGebAU take-up but participation in other(unsubsidized) training increasesamong employees aged below 45. Short-term labor market outcomes are not affected.

Keywords: employment; wages; skills; randomized controlled trial; information treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2020-02-27
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