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Comparing vocational training courses through a discrete-time multilevel hazard model

Department of Economics, University of Padova, Italy, omar.paccagnella{at}unipd.it

In this article, the author provides an econometric approach for comparing vocational training courses, and aims to study how courses affect individual behaviour. Given the hierarchical nature of the data and the purposes of the analysis, he proposes the application of a discrete-time multilevel hazard model. The variable of interest is the duration (in months) of the first job-search after the end of the course. The author focusses on contextual and correlated (course) effects and comments on the results also in terms of school effectiveness. The approach may be easily applied to several other clustered structures.

Key Words: contextual and correlated effects • discrete-time multilevel hazard model • duration of the job-search • school effectiveness • within-group and between-group variability

Statistical Modelling, Vol. 6, No. 2, 119-139 (2006)
DOI: 10.1191/1471082X06st115oa


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