The paper evaluates the effects of two labor market programs in Germany, namely the Job Creation- /Structural Adjustment Scheme and Vocational Training, on the unemployment duration of long term unemployed persons. The study uses data from the Mikrozensus Sachsen. A two step...

The paper intends to give a survey on nonparametric methods to solve the sample selection problem. We give the main idea and discuss advantages and disadvantages of the procedures that are used for the evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy. The two step Nearest-Neighbor-Matching is presented...

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 ...