Evaluation of Training Programs in St. Gallen, Switzerland
Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik und Volkswirtschaft/Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik/Swiss journal of economics and statisticsPublished 1 January 2000
Hedwig Prey
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It is found that, of the training courses evaluated, only German language courses could significantly improve the participants' labor-market chances.
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rates were negligible, at 1.08 percent in 19911, but then rose to 5.21 percent in 1997- a threatening increase within only five years. As a result of this development, the Swiss unemployment insurance law (AVIG) was
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