%0 Report
        %A Cockx, Bart
        %T Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium
        %D 2003
        %8 2003 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 682
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp682
        %X In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational
classroom training on the rate of transition from unemployment. We propose a “control
function” estimator accounting for variable treatment effects. In the absence of interaction
effects between explanatory variables this estimator identifies treatment effects free from
selection bias. A natural experiment induces exogenous sub-regional variation in the training
supply. This provides over-identifying restrictions that cannot be rejected. During
participation, the transition rate decreases by 23% to 30%. Afterwards it increases by 47% to
73%. Making training available for a broader population would, however, reduce the


        %K vocational training
%K evaluation
%K transition models
%K job-search