Impact of training on the unemployed

While the literature on the returns from education is very extensive, there is a gap in the evidence for returns to training, specifically formal educational achievement – such as NVQ-Levels or specific vocational qualifications (including diplomas) – for learners who begin further education and learning, via Active Labour Market Policies from a previous job-seeker status.

Our project investigated, and ultimately recommended, how treatment (those who experience training) and counterfactual (those who do not) groups could be identified from the data.

Project details

Client	Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Year	2013
IES contact	Stefan Speckesser