Informing employees in small and medium-sized firms about training: Results of a randomized field Experiment

Abstract

"We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers who were eligible for a subsidized occupational training program called WeGebAU, informing them about the importance of skills-upgrading training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data, we estimate effects of the informational 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 increases among employees aged under 45. Short-term labor market outcomes are not affected." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Berg, G., Dauth, C., Homrighausen, P. & Stephan, G. (2023): Informing employees in small and medium-sized firms about training: Results of a randomized field Experiment. In: Economic Inquiry, Vol. 61, No. 1, p. 162-178. DOI:10.1111/ecin.13111