The study evaluates different ESF-funded labour market programmes by comparing the labour market status at different points in time after the treatment. In order to solve the selection problem we employ a standard matching algorithm. The effects of the analyzed programmes (wage subsidies,...

Institut für Halle Institute for Economic Research Wirtschaftsforschung Halle IWH-Diskussionspapiere IWH-Discussion Papers Microeconometric Evaluation of Selected ESF-funded ALMP-Programmes Eva Reinowski, Birgit Schultz September 2006 ...

The study evaluates different ESF-funded labour market programmes by comparing the labour market status at different points in time after the treatment. In order to solve the selection problem we employ a standard matching algorithm with a multi-dimensional distance measure. The effects of the...

This paper analyses the determinants of spatial distribution of foreign technological activity across 96 German regions (1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the ‘cross-border-ownership concept’ to transnational patent applications. The descriptive analysis shows...