In many countries, employment services are contracted out to private providers. However, there is little evidence on the contract design as well as on the effects of differential pricing on private provider performance. This paper contributes to the literature by presenting detailed information...

We analyze a German labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. This WeGebAU program reimburses training costs but take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially...

Bei einer alternden Bevölkerung und hohem Fachkräftebedarf ist es besonders wichtig, die Beschäftigungschancen älterer Menschen zu verbessern. Deutschlandweit waren im Jahresdurchschnitt 2016 gut 550.000 Personen im Alter von über 54 Jahren arbeitslos gemeldet. Bei einer Befragung von...

We analyze a German labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. This WeGebAU program reimburses training costs but take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially...

Personen, deren Ausbildungs- oder Arbeitsverhältnis endet, sind grundsätzlich verpflichtet, sich frühzeitig arbeitsuchend zu melden. Diese Verpflichtung soll zu einem schnellen Beginn der Vermittlung durch die Agenturen für Arbeit führen und so den Übergang in Arbeitslosigkeit vermeiden...

This paper analyses a local marketing campaign in Germany that provided information about unproven agerelated stereotypes and the value of older workers. The campaign was designed to increase the hiring rate of older workers. Using comprehensive register data, we find that the information...

We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers eligible for a subsizided occupational training program called WeGebAU,informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data,we...

We analyze a labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for work-ers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. The program covers a substantial share of training costs. Nonetheless, take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures...