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Can the unemployed be trained to care for the elderly? The effects of subsidized training in elderly care
Author(s) -
Dauth Christine,
Lang Julia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.3863
Subject(s) - retraining , subsidy , training (meteorology) , elderly care , unemployment , medicine , nursing , gerontology , business , psychology , economics , economic growth , geography , meteorology , market economy , international trade
Demographic change has increased the need for elderly care. Training unemployed workers might be one way to increase the supply of elderly care nurses. This study analyzes the effectiveness of subsidized training for unemployed individuals in the elderly care professions in Germany over 11.5 years. We find that short further training and long retraining courses significantly increase workers' long‐term employment. As approximately 25% to 50% of trained nurses have permanent jobs in the care sector, we estimate that approximately 5% of all employed nurses are formerly trained unemployed workers.