TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Albrecht, James
AU  - Berg, Gerard J. van den
AU  - Vroman, Susan
        TI  - The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
        PY  - 2006/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2385
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2385
        AB  - The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done by calibrating an equilibrium search model with heterogeneous worker skills using pre-program data and then forecasting the program impacts. We compare the forecasts to observed aggregate labor market outcomes after termination of the program.
        KW  - calibration
KW  - returns to education
KW  - program evaluation
KW  - wages
KW  - unemployment
KW  - job search
KW  - Swedish labor market
        ER  -