Assessing the Impact of Training on Unemployment duration Using Hazard Models with Instrumental Variables

• Autorzy: Joanna Landmesser
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The goal of the study is to prove the effectiveness of training programs directed to the unemployed on the local labor market in Poland. We estimate a semiparametric hazard model to assess the impact of training on the individual's unemployment duration. To resolve the potential sample selection problem, the participation in a training program is instrumented using a probit model. The main question of this paper is whether the training significantly raises the transition rate from the unemployment into the employment state. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Training programs; Training programme evaluation; Unemployment; Probit model; Unemployment duration

PL

Programy szkoleniowe; Ocena programów szkoleniowych; Bezrobocie; Model probitowy; Czas trwania bezrobocia

• Czasopismo: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych / Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: 11(XI)
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 100--109

Twórcy

autor

Joanna Landmesser

• Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

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