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Do dropouts benefit from training programs?: Korean evidence employing methods for continuous treatments

Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs both in... Show more
Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs both in developed and developing countries. The proportion of dropouts in prototypical programs ranges from 10 to 50 per cent of all participants. From a policy perspective, it is of interest to know if dropouts benefit from the time they spend in training since these programs require considerable resources. We shed light on this issue by estimating the average employment effects of different lengths of exposure to a program by dropouts in a Korean job training program. To do this, we employ parametric and semiparametric methods to estimate effects from continuous treatments using the generalized propensity score, under the assumption that selection into different lengths of exposure is based on a rich set of observed covariates. We find that participants who drop out later - thereby having longer exposures - exhibit higher employment probabilities one year after receiving training, and that marginal effects of additional exposure to training are initially fairly small, but increase sharply past a certain threshold of exposure. One implication of these results is that this and similar programs could benefit from providing incentives for participants to stay longer in the program.
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Authors: Choe, Chung; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Lee, Sang-Jun

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Korea; Asia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: IZA discussion paper

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Participation; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Do dropouts with longer training exposure benefit from training programs?: Korean evidence employing methods for continuous treatments

Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs, both i... Show more
Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs, both in developed and developing countries. From a policy perspective, it is of interest to know if dropouts benefit from the time they spend in training since these programs require considerable resources. [The authors] shed light on this issue by estimating the average employment effects of different lengths of exposure by dropouts in a Korean job training program, and contrasting it to the ones by program completers. To do this, [the authors] employ methods to estimate effects from continuous treatments using the generalized propensity score, under the assumption that selection into different lengths of exposure is based on a rich set of observed covariates. [The authors] find that dropouts with longer exposures exhibit higher employment probabilities one year after receiving training, but only after surpassing a threshold of exposure of about 12–15 weeks. In contrast, program completers exhibit higher returns from their time of exposure to the program than dropouts, but these tend to decline for longer program durations.
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Authors: Choe, Chung; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Lee, Sang-Jun

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Korea; Asia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Empirical economics

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Employment; Participation ... [+] Show more
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The impact of overeducating on the Korean labour market

The Korean economy has experienced rapid changes in its industrial structure requiring workers to have a higher lev... Show more
The Korean economy has experienced rapid changes in its industrial structure requiring workers to have a higher level of education in order to sustain economic growth. At the same time, the education policies of the 1980s have created a surplus of university and college graduates. These two factors have led to the problem of an overeducated labour market in Korea. This study analyses the status of overeducation and job mismatching and offers policy suggestions based on the findings.
The collection of abstracts is indexed at TD/TNC 67.329. Individual reports/abstracts are indexed at TD/TNC 66.307, TD/TNC 66.407 and from TD/TNC 67.330 to TD/TNC 67.361. Show less

Authors: Kim, Jooseop; Lee, Sang-Jun

Corporate authors: Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET)

Date: 2001

Geographic subjects: Asia; Korea

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: RR

Subjects: Employment; Research; Labour market ... [+] Show more
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Industrial manpower outlook in Korea and policy implications

This abstract describes a study that explores the forecasted demand and supply of industrial manpower based on regr... Show more
This abstract describes a study that explores the forecasted demand and supply of industrial manpower based on regression methods and market signals in the labour market. It suggests three basic directions of manpower policy, implications and issues concerning empirical results and studies. Findings, perspectives and key conclusions are outlined. Show less

Authors: Chang, Chang-Won; Yoon, Seok-Chon; Lee, Byung-Hee; Kim, Hyung-Mann ... [+] Show more

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Asia; Korea

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: RR

Subjects: Outcomes; Policy; Research ... [+] Show more
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Research on vocational education and training policies for unemployed college graduates

This abstract describes a study that suggests guidelines for future directions for Korea’s vocational education and... Show more
This abstract describes a study that suggests guidelines for future directions for Korea’s vocational education and training policies. These are needed to address the ever-worsening problem of unemployment among college graduates and should improve the vocational competence of college graduates as well. Show less

Authors: Kim, Hyung-Mann; Jang, Chang-Won; Jang, Won-Sup; Lee, Sang-Jun ... [+] Show more

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Asia; Korea

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: RR

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Labour market; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Indexes and indicators in human resource development

This research abstract reports on a study on developing indexes and indicators in human resource development (HRD).... Show more
This research abstract reports on a study on developing indexes and indicators in human resource development (HRD). The study reviewed previous national and internal studies on indicators of HRD and surveyed different theoretical approaches to the subject. A draft of 'National Human Resource Development Indicators 2002' was proposed as the final outcome of this study.
The collection of abstracts is indexed at TD/TNC 72.336 and TD/TNC 72.337; individual abstracts are indexed from TD/TNC 72.338 to TD/TNC 72.391. Show less

Authors: Kim, Hae-Dong; Han, Seng-Duck; Park, Byung-Jin; Choi, Jihee ... [+] Show more

Date: 2002

Geographic subjects: Asia; Korea

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Workforce development; Research; Management

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Do dropouts benefit from training programs?: Korean evidence employing methods for continuous treatments

Do dropouts with longer training exposure benefit from training programs?: Korean evidence employing methods for continuous treatments

The impact of overeducating on the Korean labour market

Industrial manpower outlook in Korea and policy implications

Research on vocational education and training policies for unemployed college graduates

Indexes and indicators in human resource development