The Impact of Training on First Generation Immigrants:Preliminary Findings from Greece
The evaluation of the economic contribution of training programs of first generation adult immigrants is a field of importance against social exclusion and in favor of economic and social integration.The aim of this paper is to present some preliminary findings on the impact of language training programs on adult immigrant income in Greece.Data were collected from the population of foreigners who attended a Greek language course organized by the Ministry of Education General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning.Overall,the results indicate that change in income was more noticeable for female immigrants,as compared to their male counterparts,two years after the completion of the training program.We conclude by highlighting the importance of such initiatives and offer further directions for future research.
lifelong learning immigration training evaluation income
Spyridon Tsoukalas Filotheos Ntalianis Petros Papageorgiou Symeon Retalis
Department of Digital Systems,University of Piraeus Piraeus,Greece Department of Business Administration,University of Piraeus Piraeus,Greece Department of Economics,University of Piraeus Piraeus,Greece
国际会议
上海
英文
235-238
2010-06-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）