Dynamic treatment effects of job training

dc.coverageDOI: 10.1002/jae.2877
dc.creatorRodríguez, Jorge
dc.creatorSaltiel, Fernando
dc.creatorUrzúa, Sergio
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned05-01-2026 18:04
dc.date.available05-01-2026 18:04
dc.description<p>This paper estimates the dynamic returns to job training. We posit a model of sequential training participation, where decisions and outcomes depend on observed and unobserved characteristics. We analyze different treatment effects, including policy relevant parameters, and link them to continuation values and latent skills. The empirical analysis exploits administrative data combining job training records, matched employee-employer information, and pre-labor market ability measures from Chile. Although the average returns to training are small, these vary across the unobserved ability distribution and previous training choices. In fact, among young workers, the returns to training are lower when followed by additional training, providing evidence of dynamic substitutability. Policy experiments illustrate how increasing the local availability of training programs may affect earnings heterogeneously across dynamic responses.</p>eng
dc.descriptionThis paper estimates the dynamic returns to job training. We posit a model of sequential training participation, where decisions and outcomes depend on observed and unobserved characteristics. We analyze different treatment effects, including policy relevant parameters, and link them to continuation values and latent skills. The empirical analysis exploits administrative data combining job training records, matched employee-employer information, and pre-labor market ability measures from Chile. Although the average returns to training are small, these vary across the unobserved ability distribution and previous training choices. In fact, among young workers, the returns to training are lower when followed by additional training, providing evidence of dynamic substitutability. Policy experiments illustrate how increasing the local availability of training programs may affect earnings heterogeneously across dynamic responses. © 2021 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.spa
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/58201956-7b3f-45d2-b095-42ea96022c82
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.37 (2021) nr.2 p.242-269
dc.subjectDiscrete-choice
dc.subjectEconometric evaluation
dc.subjectSocial programs
dc.subjectEarnings
dc.subjectOutcomes
dc.subjectReturns
dc.subjectIdentification
dc.subjectAbilities
dc.subjectModels
dc.subjectSkills
dc.titleDynamic treatment effects of job trainingeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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