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12 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16779
Can Voluntary Adult Education Reduce Unemployment? Causal Evidence from East Germany after Reunification
Li Kathrin Kaja Rupieper, Stephan L. Thomsen
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2025, 59, 2 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15379
A Note on Evaluating Formal Education for Adults
Anders Stenberg
published as 'Does Formal Education for Adults Yield Long-Term Multiplier Effects or Human Capital Depreciation?' in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 90, 102306
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13592
A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms
Patrick Bennett, Richard Blundell, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13416
Are Older Workers Willing to Learn?
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
revised version published as 'No mental retirement: estimating voluntary adult education activities of older workers' in: Education Economics, 2023, 32 (4), 440–473.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9509
Where Are the Returns to Lifelong Learning?
Michael Coelli, Domenico Tabasso
published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 57 (1), 205-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9047
Flexibility at a Cost: Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?
Anders Stenberg, Olle Westerlund
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 7, 69–86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8668
The Long-term Earnings Consequences of General vs. Specific Training of the Unemployed
Anders Stenberg, Olle Westerlund
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2015, 4:22.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6083
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann, Lei Zhang
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (1), 48-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5431
Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Guido Schwerdt, Dolores Messer, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (7-8), 569-583
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4017
Money Matters: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3600
From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 103
Estimation in a Duration Model for Evaluating Educational Programs
Kurt Brännäs
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