TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cockx, Bart
        TI  - Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium
        PY  - 2003/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 682
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp682
        AB  - 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


        KW  - vocational training
KW  - evaluation
KW  - transition models
KW  - job-search
        ER  -