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Short-term training variety for welfare recipients: the effects of different training types
Kopf, Eva - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
programmes helping them. One major programme is short-term training teaching certain skills or assisting in job search. However … seven short-term training types in the introduction period of the reform in spring 2005 on the individual probability of … within-company training has large positive effects. Furthermore, skill training is more effective than other types. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976662
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Labour market effects of retraining for the unemployed : the role of occupations
Kruppe, Thomas; Lang, Julia - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
"We analyse the impact of retraining for the unemployed on future labour market success, and estimate effects separately for different target occupations. We use German registry data and apply statistical matching methods. The results show that on average, after a period with strong lock-in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891245
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Short-term training variety for welfare recipients: the effects of different training types
Kopf, Eva - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
programmes helping them. One major programme is short-term training teaching certain skills or assisting in job search. However … seven short-term training types in the introduction period of the reform in spring 2005 on the individual probability of … within-company training has large positive effects. Furthermore, skill training is more effective than other types. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592267
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Selektivität beim Zugang in Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen : die Bedeutung individueller und struktureller Faktoren am Beispiel der "Initiative zur Flankierung des Strukturwandels"
Fertig, Michael; Osiander, Christopher - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"This paper investigates the selectivity of vocational training courses on Germany's labor market. We consider the case … of a special program ('IFlaS'), which provides vocational training for low-skilled unemployed. The program aims at … participation in the special training program IFlaS. To this end, we use survey data from participants and a control group and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592349
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Selektivität beim Zugang in Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen : die Bedeutung individueller und struktureller Faktoren am Beispiel der "Initiative zur Flankierung des Strukturwandels"
Fertig, Michael; Osiander, Christopher - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"This paper investigates the selectivity of vocational training courses on Germany's labor market. We consider the case … of a special program ('IFlaS'), which provides vocational training for low-skilled unemployed. The program aims at … participation in the special training program IFlaS. To this end, we use survey data from participants and a control group and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641639
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Activation policies in Germany : from status protection to basic income support
Konle-Seidl, Regina; Eichhorst, Werner; … - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537084
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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by … following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since analyzing the effectiveness of training over … training programs. Based on matching estimation adapted to the various issues that arise in this particular context, we find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537087
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Selektivität bei der Einlösung von Bildungsgutscheinen
Kruppe, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Seit dem Jahr 2003 wird der Zugang in Maßnahmen der beruflichen Weiterbildung durch die Arbeitsagentur über die Vergabe von Bildungsgutscheinen gesteuert. Diese Studie diskutiert zunächst aus theoretischer Sicht die Prozesse bei der Vergabe und Einlösung. Sie legt zudem erste Befunde zu der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537089
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Contracting out placement services in Germany : is assignment to private providers effective for needy job-seekers?
Bernhard, Sarah; Wolff, Joachim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Contracting out placement services aims at enhancing the effectiveness of placements of unemployed job-seekers through market mechanisms. This paper analyses the effectiveness of the temporary assignment of needy job-seekers to private placement services by comparing their outcomes with respect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537093
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Does short-term training activate means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany?
Wolff, Joachim; Jozwiak, Eva - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
in short-term training programmes in Germany. We apply propensity score matching and rely on a large sample of treated … the means-tested benefit system, which aimed at activating employable people in needy households. Short-term training …. We estimated effects for within company and classroom training separately and find that mainly the former programme that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537100