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Download full textSchwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C. – Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, 2011
Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Vouchers, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
