After taking into account selection bias, the study by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) found that the real wages of workers who went for WSQ training were 0.8 per cent higher on average than their counterparts in a control group. Read more at The Business Times.
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