Do government sponsored vocational training programs help the unemployed find jobs?

Abstract

"The study estimates the employment effect of vocational training programs for the unemployed in urban Russia. The results of propensity score matching indicate that training programs had a non-negative overall effect on the program participants relative to non-participants." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Nivorozhkin, A. & Nivorozhkin, E. (2005): Do government sponsored vocational training programs help the unemployed find jobs? Evidence from Russia. (Upjohn Institute working paper 115), Kalamazoo, 14 p.