Training Vouchers and Labor Market Outcomes in Chile

David S. Kaplan, Rafael Novella, Graciana Rucci and Claudia Vazquez

No 6857, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the Bono Trabajador Activo, a training voucher program in Chile, on workers' labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative datasets of the National Employment Service and the Unemployment Insurance System, we apply difference-in-difference and IV estimators to measure these effects. Our main results indicate that the voucher program has an overall negative impact on employment and earnings, particularly among individuals who expect to change economic sector. In contrast, we find that the program improves labor outcomes for females, particularly for those with lower education. The voucher program also improves employment duration and mobility across economic sectors.

Keywords: Labor Policy; Program evaluation; Training vouchers; Active labor market policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 J24 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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