Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 29 No. 1 2011
Providing Employers with Incentives to Train Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from the UK Employer Training Pilots
Abstract
We use unique workplace and employee-level data to evaluate a major UK government pilot program to increase qualification-based, employer-provided training for low-qualified employees. We evaluate the program’s effect using a difference-in-differences approach. Using data on eligible employers and workers we find noevidence of a statistically significant effect on the take-up of training in the first 3 years of the program. Our results suggest that the program involved a high level of deadweight and that improving the additionality of the subsequent national program is crucial if it is to make a significant contribution toward government targets to increase qualification levels.
- DOI
- 10.1086/656372
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 153-193
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref