We use administrative data on all private sector employees in Austria to investigate the impact of generousity of the leave program on program take-up. We exploit a variation generated by a 2008 reform to estimate its causal effects using a regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference design. We also examine whether the reform has had heterogeneous effects on participation in lifelong learning for different subgroups of the labor force.

Event Study Difference-in-Difference

Regression Discontinuity Design

We investigate whether participation in lifelong learning programs has a positive impact on participants' wages and careers. Specifically, we will analyze whether the reform had an effect on the difference between pre- and post-participation wages and which subgroups show the largest benefit from taking educational leave.

Pre-Post Event Studys Difference-in-Differences

Difference-in-Differences Heterogeneity