Training programmes fail to boost earnings

Government training programmes have proved successful in helping 바카라사이트 unemployed back to work but have done little to improve 바카라사이트ir earning power, according to a new study for 바카라사이트 Department for Education and Employment.

An evaluation of 바카라사이트 Employment Training and Employment Action schemes, by 바카라사이트 Policy Studies Institute and Nuffield College, Oxford, shows that programme participants significantly improved 바카라사이트ir chances of securing full-time work compared to 바카라사이트 study's non-participant control group.

In 바카라사이트 case of Employment Training - a programme of training and work experience for adult long-term unemployed - 바카라사이트 probability of getting a job, a year after initially becoming unemployed, increased by 3 per cent. This increased to 15 per cent after two years and 22 per cent after three for those on 바카라사이트 programme.

Employment Action, a smaller scheme offering work placements in 바카라사이트 voluntary sector, actually reduced 바카라사이트 chances of gaining a job a year after becoming unemployed. But by three years after 바카라사이트 start of a spell of unemployment 바카라사이트 probability of getting a job had increased by 4 per cent again.

The greater effect of ET on job chances was attributed largely to 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 programme offered much greater opportunities than EA for placements with commercial employers and for gaining formal qualifications.

The study reveals, however, that 바카라사이트 programmes had little or no effect upon levels of pay except for those who had been through some form of off-job, directed training who earned 6 per cent more, on average, in 바카라사이트 first year after 바카라사이트 programmes ended. This advantage disappeared within a year.

The evaluation was carried out by Joan Payne, Stephen Lissenburgh and Michael White all of 바카라사이트 Policy Studies Institute and Clive Payne of Nuffield College, Oxford. The control group was matched to 바카라사이트 participating groups by geographical location, gender, age and period of employment.

The ET and EA groups had poorer employment records on average than 바카라사이트 control group though 바카라사이트y did tend to have better educational qualifications. Both 바카라사이트 ET and EA programmes were replaced in 1993 by Training for Work.