The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many Europeancountries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases forevaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they areaccurate, contain a large number...

Dieses Modell stellt das Niveau des Arbeitslosengeldes II nicht in Frage, macht aber seine Gewährung von einer Gegenleistung in Form von Workfare (d.h. öffentlich organisierter Vollzeitbeschäftigung) abhängig. Wer das Workfare-Angebot nicht annimmt, muss aber auf sein Arbeitslosengeld II...

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large...

Dieses Modell stellt das Niveau des Arbeitslosengeldes II nicht in Frage, macht aber seine Gewährung von einer Gegenleistung in Form von Workfare (d.h. öffentlich organisierter Vollzeitbeschäftigung) abhängig. Wer das Workfare-Angebot nicht annimmt, muss aber auf sein Arbeitslosengeld II...

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large...

Purpose – This paper aims to present the IZA Evaluation Dataset, a newly created data source allowing for the evaluation of active labor market policies in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper's approach is a description of the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset...

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large...