Future growth in the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) will increasingly
depend on innovation. And innovation requires skills. This makes it important, as countries …

The United States has used employment and training programs as a policy tool during two
periods, first during the Great Depression, when work relief and other employment-related …

This chapter considers the literature on government-sponsored vocational training for adults,
with a particular substantive focus on training provided via active labor market programs and …

Participation in intensive training programs for the unemployed in Germany is allocated by
awarding training vouchers. Using rich administrative data for all vouchers and actual …

Geförderte berufliche Weiterbildung soll die Beschäftigungschancen von Arbeitslosen
erhöhen. Diese Studie analysiert die Effektivität geförderter beruflicher Weiterbildung für …

This paper studies the role of vouchers and caseworkers in training programs for the
unemployed. We explore the unique features of the Hartz reform in Germany which …

Proactive labour market policies consist of active labour market measures or other
interventions that are implemented preemptively, with the aim of protecting people against a …

Sincethe late years of the Eisenhower Administration, when alarms were first raised about
the impact of what was then called cybernation there have been cycles of interest in the role …

This paper evaluates the impact of the Bono Trabajador Activo, a training voucher program
in Chile, on workers' labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative datasets of the …

Ahora que España está saliendo de la recesión, es el momento de hacer balance, analizar
si se ha aprovechado este largo período para mejorar las competencias de nuestra …