WP4: Strengthening the Evidence for Smarter Skills Policies

april 8, 2025
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april 8, 2025 admin

WP4 of the DIAMOND Project dives deep into the economic effectiveness of re- and upskilling programs. By combining meta-analysis, modeling, and real-world impact evaluation, WP4 aims to guide better policy design and ensure labor market inclusion that truly works.

What Happens in WP4?

1. Meta-Analysis of Re/-Upskilling Programs

We’ll map existing macroeconomic research on the impact of re- and upskilling programs to build a comprehensive knowledge base.

📌Leader: Aarhus Universitet 🇩🇰

Partners: Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪, RWTH Aachen Universitet 🇩🇪

2. Stochastic Life-Cycle Modelling of Employment Paths

A dynamic life-cycle model will simulate how individuals experience risks (like job loss or mismatches) and how smart training solutions (like MOVE) can mitigate them.

📌Leader: RWTH Aachen Universitet 🇩🇪

Partners: Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪

3. Economic Cost-Benefit Analyses of DIAMOND Solutions

A randomized field experiment will compare traditional training with DIAMOND’s tailored upskilling pathways (GROW & MOVE), evaluating the impact on job applications, wages, and well-being.

📌 Lead: Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪

Partners: RWTH Aachen Universitet 🇩🇪, Universitetet i Wien 🇦🇹

4. Policy Redesign for Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP)

We will translate economic insights into actionable policy recommendations and host a policy roundtable to rethink how Europe designs future-proof skills programs.

📌 Lead: European Centre For Economic Policy Analysis and Affairs (ECEPAA) 🇧🇪

Partners: Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪, RWTH Aachen Universitet 🇩🇪, Evolutionary Archetypes Consulting SL 🇪🇸, FOB 🇵🇱, Youth Power Germany e.V.

With WP4, DIAMOND is making sure that upskilling isn’t just well-intentioned — it’s evidence-based, cost-effective, and life-changing.

Our Other Partners:

Universidad de Burgos 🇪🇸, CETIC 🇧🇪, Fordybelse 🇫🇷, Proportional besked 🇵🇹, EMiT Feltrinelli 🇮🇹, Deinde sp. z o. o. 🇵🇱, Fundación Miradas 🇪🇸

🔗 Learn more: https://diamond-empower.eu/about/

 

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DIAMOND Empowerment

Tilvejebringelse af et digitalt og modulært økosystem til
Udvikling af personlige kompetencer for at forbedre
Arbejdsmarkedsdeltagelse og overgang til beskæftigelse

Projekt medfinansieret af EU: 101178081 - DIAMOND - HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01

Ansvarsfraskrivelse: Finansieret af Den Europæiske Union.
Synspunkter og meninger, der udtrykkes, er dog kun forfatterens/forfatternes og afspejler ikke nødvendigvis de
af Den Europæiske Union eller Det Europæiske Forvaltningsorgan for Forskning (REA).
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