This paper is concerned with the effects of training on the future employment probability of trainees. During the … transformation process of the East German economy after reunification, employment decreased by a large amount. Therefore, many … workers in East Germany participated in training programs which were heavily subsidized by the labor administration. However …

Arbeitsmarktpolitik (AAMP) in Deutschland. Das Grundproblem mikroökonomischer Evaluation besteht darin, den Vergleichsmaßstab bei … der möglichen Endogenität der AAMP Rechnung tragen. Die meisten Evaluationsstudien für Deutschland zeigen keine signifiant …

This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the … endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment … training on the employment probability of the treated, lying between 12 and 21 percentage points ten quarters after program …