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Effectiveness of sequences of classroom training for welfare recipients : what works best in West Germany?

Dengler, Katharina - 2016

Sequences of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) may be part of an intensified activation strategy targeting hard-to-place individuals who may be long-term unemployed and who may encounter extreme difficulty in finding jobs. Such sequences are very common among welfare recipients in Germany,...

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Regional discontinuities and the effectiveness of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees

Dauth, Christine - 2017

I analyze the effects of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees on individual labor market outcomes in Germany for the period from 2007 to 2012. Using detailed administrative data, I exploit cross-regional variation in the conditional policy styles of local employment agencies and...

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On government-subsidized training programs for older workers

Singer, Christine; Toomet, Ott-Siim - 2013

We analyze the impact of the GermanWeGebAU programs, which are government-subsidized training measures for employed workers over 45 years old. We apply a dynamic matching approach similar to Crépon et al. (2009) and exploit novel information contained in rich German registry data. We focus on...

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Employment and earnings effects of awarding training vouchers in Germany

Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; … - 2014

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...

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Short-term training variety for welfare recipients : the effects of different training types

Kopf, Eva - 2009

Seit 2005 müssen arbeitslose erwerbsfähige Hilfebedürftige dem Arbeitsmarkt zur Verfügung stehen. Aktivierungsmaßnahmen sollen sie hierbei unterstützen. Zahlenmäßig bedeutsam sind die kurzen Eignungsfeststellungs- und Trainingsmaßnahmen, die verschiedene Qualifikationen vermitteln oder...

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Training, wages and a missing school graduation cohort

Dorner, Matthias; Görlitz, Katja - 2020

This study analyzes the effects of a missing high school graduation cohort on firms' training provision and trainees' wages. An exogenous school reform varying at the state and year level caused the missing cohort to occur. Using administrative social security data on all trainees and training...

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Personality traits and further training

Laible, Marie-Christine; Anger, Silke; Baumann, Martina - 2020

The notion of lifelong learning is gaining importance, not only in the labor market but also in other areas of modern … personality traits and lifelong learning. We conclude that personality is an important predictor of lifelong learning decisions. … immer relevanter. Bisherige Studien finden einen Zusammenhang zwischen beruflicher Weiterbildung und Arbeitnehmer-, sowie …

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