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The relative effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes and the common support problem
Stephan, Gesine (contributor); Pahnke, André (contributor) - 2008
For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the employment prospects of participants. First, our results show that different matching algorithms result in different severe problems of common support. Second, we obtain favourable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763131
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Wage subsidies for needy job-seekers and their effect on individual labour market outcomes after the German reforms
Bernhard, Sarah (contributor); Gartner, Hermann (contributor) - 2008
Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769572
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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010
Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …
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Evaluation of training for the unemployed : new evidence on effect heterogeneity, dropouts, and program duration
Paul, Marie - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003930182
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Wages, employment and tenure of temporarily subsidized workers ; does the industry matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
This paper explores whether wage, employment and tenure outcomes of workers taking up a job subsidized by the German Federal Employment Agency differ by industry. The analysis utilizes administrative data and statistical matching techniques; it covers an observation period of 3.5 years. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008778683
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Which program for whom? : Evidence on the comparative effectiveness of public sponsored training programs in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2007
We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety of public sponsored training programs in the early 2000s. Building on the work of Sianesi (2003, 2004), we employ propensity score matching methods in a dynamic, multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003610024
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Which program for whom? : evidence on the comparative effectiveness of public sponsored training programs in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2007
We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety of public sponsored training programs in the early 2000s. Building on the work of Sianesi (2003, 2004), we employ propensity score matching methods in a dynamic, multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502633
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Wages, employment and tenure of temporarily subsidized workers : does the industry matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
This paper explores whether wage, employment and tenure outcomes of workers taking up a job subsidized by the German Federal Employment Agency differ by industry. The analysis utilizes administrative data and statistical matching tech-niques; it covers an observation period of 3.5 years. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985075
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The effectiveness of targeted wage subsidies for hard-to-place workers
Jaenichen, Ursula; Stephan, Gesine - 2007
Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873105
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The effects of active labor market programs in Germany : an investigation using different definitions of non-treatment
Stephan, Gesine - 2008
Der Beitrag schätzt die Wirkung verschiedener arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen auf die Beschäftigungschancen von Geförderten, die im März 2003 eine solche Maßnahme aufnahmen. Dies geschieht mit Hilfe statistischer Matching-Methoden. Der Fokus des Beitrags liegt auf dem Vergleich der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873948