Estimating the return to training and occupational experience: The case of female immigrants |
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Authors: | Sarit Cohen-Goldner Zvi Eckstein |
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Affiliation: | 1. Bar Ilan University, Israel;2. IZA, Germany;3. Bank of Israel, Tel-Aviv University and CEPR, Israel |
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Abstract: | We formulate a dynamic discrete choice model of training and employment to measure the personal and social benefits from government provided training for a sample of high-skilled female immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. We find that training has a significant impact on the mean offered wage in white-collar occupations, but not in blue-collar occupations. Training substantially increases the job-offer rates in both occupations. Counterfactual policy simulations show a substantial social gain from increasing the access to training programs, and the estimated model provides a good fit for within-sample, out-of-sample and aggregate trends using cross-sectional survey data. |
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Keywords: | J310 J680 |
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