The returns to voucher-financed training on wages, employment and job tasks

Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.01.004

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“…Worse yet, a training voucher program in Chile actually lowered employment and earnings, although it did have a positive effect for women and mainly those with low levels of education. On the other hand, government-subsidized training for older workers in Germany improved their job stability (Hidalgo, Oosterbeek, and Webbink, 2014;Görlitz and Tamm, 2016;Kaplan et al, 2015;Dauth and Toomet, 2016). In the case of tax credit incentives offered to companies, the Chilean tax exemption program, Franquicia Tributaria, in most cases, does not improve wages and employment; only longer programs have slightly better results (Rodríguez and Urzúa, 2011).…”

Section: On-the-job Training (Ojt): Staying Competitivementioning

confidence: 99%

Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development

Busso¹,

Cristia²,

Hincapié³

et al. 2017

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license. Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license.The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. Preface New technologies that are fusing the physical, digital, and biological worlds are impacting all industries, countries, and individuals. This so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will change the way we live and transform the way we work. Preparing this and future generations of workers for a fast-changing world is not only desirable, it's essential. At the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) we know that a key ingredient to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean is having the right skills to face the challenges of this new era. For this reason, we dedicated the 2017 edition of our flagship publication, Development in the Americas (DIA), to studying this topic and to proposing evidence-based solutions to address this critical problem.Undoubtedly, our region will be heavily impacted by sweeping trends around the world. Artificial intelligence, automation, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, and autonomous vehicles are not science fiction anymore. They are real and available in many parts of the world and beginning to find their way to Latin America and the Caribbean. These new trends are changing our jobs and the way we work. The full impact of these changes is still unknown, but clearly there will be a fundamental transformation in the way businesses do their business and workers do their work.A phrase by Robin Chase (co-founder of Zipcar) is telling: "My father had one job in his lifetime, I will have six jobs in my lifetime, and my children will have six jobs at the same time." Not only will our work not be a 9-to-5 job, but we will also not have the same job for our entire life. The Fourth Industrial Revolution will impose continuous and fast changes that will imply new challenges.A central challenge is how to prepare the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow. I am optimistic because one of the region's principal assets is its people's talent. But much must be done, starting with helping the many workers in the labor force today find good jobs, and stay updated on t...

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Section: On-the-job Training (Ojt): Staying Competitivementioning

confidence: 99%

Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development

Busso¹,

Cristia²,

Hincapié³

et al. 2017

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“…In North Rhine‐Westphalia, a German Federal State, it increased the share of firms investing in training by 10–15 percent, but had no effect on training intensity (Görlitz, ). On the individual level, this subsidy only influenced the perceived skill match, leaving employment and income unaffected (Görlitz and Tamm, ). Another similar program, the UK government pilot scheme ‘Train to Gain’ that subsidized basic training for low‐skilled workers, failed to produce any notable increase in training provision (Abramovsky et al ., ).…”

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On Government‐Subsidized Training Programs for Older Workers

Dauth

Toomet

2016

Labour

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“…org/10.7807/Bildung:10-12:V2). The data include all variables from the questionnaires and are enhanced with aggregate statistics measured on the county level Previous articles using the data include Görlitz and Tamm (2012, 2016aand 2016b.…”

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“…For 3 percent of the interviewees the time span was 10 months, for 23 percent it was 11 months, for 19 percent it was 13 months and for less than 1 percent it was 14 months. 5 For results on the returns to training financed by the Bildungsprämie, see Görlitz and Tamm (2016a).…”

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confidence: 99%