Do individual programme effects exceed the costs? Norwegian evidence on long run effects of labour market training

Oddbjørn Raaum, Hege Torp () and Tao Zhang ()
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Hege Torp: Institute for Social Research, Postal: Postbox 3233 Elisenberg, N-0208 Oslo, Norway
Tao Zhang: Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Postal: Department of Economics, University of Oslo, P.O Box 1095 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

No 15/2002, Memorandum from Oslo University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Individual long run effects of a labour market training programme targeted at unemployed adults are evaluated by comparing mean post-training earnings for matched samples of participants and non-participants. Average training effects on the trained are positive and persistent over the posttraining period of 5 years. Participants without recent work experience, prior to the training, gain less. For participants with recent work experience the present value of the 5 years accumulated earnings effect exceeds the direct costs of the training.

Keywords: Training unemployed; causal effects; matching estimators; accumulated long run effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60 pages
Date: 2003-06-17
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