TY - RPRT AU - Kluve, Jochen AU - Rinne, Ulf AU - Uhlendorff, Arne AU - Zhao, Zhong TI - Endogenous Exit Bias in Training Programs for Unemployed Workers PY - 2012/May/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 6565 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6565 AB - This paper assesses the importance of reverse causality when evaluating the impact of training duration for unemployed workers. We use planned duration as an instrumental variable for actual duration. Our results suggest that the potential endogeneity of exits seems to be only relevant in the lower and upper part of the treatment duration distribution. KW - local average treatment effect KW - dropouts KW - treatment duration ER -