Language training for unemployed non-natives: who benefits the most?
| Autor: | Epp Kallaste, Marko Sõmer, Laura Helena Kivi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Matching (statistics)
unemployment language skills media_common.quotation_subject programme evaluation Language training education J24 Training (civil) lcsh:K4430-4675 lcsh:HD72-88 lcsh:Economic growth development planning 0502 economics and business ddc:330 Local language 050207 economics lcsh:Public finance Immigrant population media_common immigrant population 050208 finance matching 05 social sciences Political Science and International Relations Unemployment Language skills J61 Demographic economics J64 Psychology General Economics Econometrics and Finance C21 |
| Zdroj: | Baltic Journal of Economics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 34-58 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2334-4385 |
| Popis: | This study evaluates the local language training aimed at the unemployed in Estonia during 2015-2016. The impact of training on employment probability and labour income is estimated by combining propensity score matching with coarsened exact matching. The impact on the probability of being employed is found to be positive after the end of the lock-in effect. Two years after the start of the language training the effect is around 8 pp. The initial lock-in effect is smaller for more flexible and shorter courses, for those with lower initial level of language skills and for those living outside of the capital region. The long-term effect is higher for those with lower level of initial language skills and does not differ by the course type or region. The results indicate that the local language training helps the unemployed non-natives to find employment, but does not give them access to higher-paying positions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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