Direct linkERIC Number: ED497632
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 14
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 16
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Do Government Sponsored Vocational Training Programs Help the Unemployed Find Jobs? Evidence from Russia. Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 05-115
Nivorozhkin, Anton; Nivorozhkin, Eugene
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
The study estimates the employment effect of vocational training programs for the unemployed in urban Russia. The results of propensity score matching indicate that training programs had a non-negative overall effect on the program participants relative to non-participants. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) [Support for this research was also provided by the Institute of Independent Social Policy.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Adult Vocational Education, Urban Areas, Job Applicants, Labor Market
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 300 South Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4686. Tel: 888-227-8569; Tel: 269-343-4330; Fax: 269-343-7310; Web site: http://www.upjohninstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI.
Identifiers: Russia
