Make IT Work: The Labor Market Effects of Information Technology Retraining in the Netherlands
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of an active labor market program (ALMP) for higher educated workers in the Netherlands. The one-year program is characterized by six months of full-time IT retraining followed by a six-month internship. We estimate the effects of participating on earnings per month and working days per month. The results show significant lock-in effects during the program, lasting up to five months after program start. After this lock-in period, we find significant positive effects on earnings and working days. These positive effects remain significant until th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Vooren , M , Haelermans , C , Groot , W & Maassen van den Brink , H 2022 , ' Make IT Work: The Labor Market Effects of Information Technology Retraining in the Netherlands ' , De Economist , vol. 170 , no. 3 , pp. 323-342 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-022-09408-6 |
Schlagwörter: | Active labor market policy / Information technology / Internal rate of return / Labor market out- comes / Retraining / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth / name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26844150 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/6c37196b-5812-4b51-b780-1c68a90463d6 |