Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-employment rate of displaced workers |
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Authors: | Sandra Cavaco Denis Fougère Julien Pouget |
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Institution: | 1. LEM, Université Panthéon-Assas, 92 rue d’Assas, 75270, Paris Cedex 06, France 2. CCP, Aahrus School of Business, Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark 3. CNRS and CREST, 15 Boulevard Gabriel Péri, 92245, Malakoff Cedex, France 4. CEPR, 90-98 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7RR, UK 5. IZA, Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 7/9, 53113, Bonn, Germany 6. CREST (INSEE), 15 Boulevard Gabriel Péri, 92245, Malakoff Cedex, France
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Abstract: | In this article, we estimate the effects of a French retraining program on the re-employment rate of displaced workers by matching techniques. This program, called ‘Conventions de conversion’, was intended to improve re-employment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of 6 months beginning just after the dismissal. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates show that this program succeeded in increasing the employment rate of trainees by approximately 6 points of percentage in the medium-term, namely in the 2nd and 3rd years after the date of entry into the program. This improvement is essentially due to an increase of their re-employment rate in regular jobs, namely jobs under long-term labour contracts. |
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