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Knowing What Works - The Case for Rigorous Program Evaluation

Schmidt, Christoph M. - Universität <Heidelberg> / … - 1999

This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be …

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The IZA Evaluation Dataset:Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making

Caliendo, Marco; Falk, Armin; Kaiser, Lutz C.; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many Europeancountries. In recent years, a …. Therefore, information that might be relevantfor economic modeling is often absent. The IZA Evaluation Dataset aims to overcome … sampling andcontents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset and outlines the future development.... …

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Which Program for Whom?Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness ofPublic Sponsored Training Programs in Germany

Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate theemployment 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 methodsin a dynamic, multiple...

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Dann warens nur noch vier Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch?

Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist im Zuge der Hartz-Reformen grundsätzlich neustrukturiert und systematisch evaluiert worden. Die vorliegenden Evaluationsberichte derersten drei Hartz-Gesetze belegen nun vielfach, welche Instrumente der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik sich durch ihre Wirksamkeit...

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Computational Statistics and Data Visualization

Unwin, Antony; Chen, Chun-houh; Härdle, Wolfgang - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007

This book is the third volume of the Handbook of Computational Statisticsand covers the field of Data Visualization. In line with the companion volumes,it contains a collection of chapters by experts in the field to present readerswith an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the state of the...

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Costs of Taxation and Benefits of Public Goods with Multiple Taxes and Goods

Anderson, James E.; Martin, Will - Boston College / Department of Economics - 2010

The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. We develop a model including multiple public goods and taxes and derive consistent measures of the...

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Family Income and Tertiary Education Attendance acrossthe EU: An empirical assessment using sibling data

Vandenberghe, Vincent - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

There is plenty of evidence across the EU to suggest that young people from poorerbackgrounds are less likely to attend tertiary education than their better-off peers. Thiscorrelation is often used to justify monetary transfers to families with students. It isnot clear, however, that these...

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Alte Idee, neues Programm:Der Gründungszuschuss als Nachfolger vonÜberbrückungsgeld und Ich-AG

Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

Die Gründungsförderung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit ist im Rahmen der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik im Rechtskreis SGB III nach wie vor eines der bedeutsamstenInstrumente. Zum 1. August 2006 löste der Gründungszuschuss (§ 57 SGB III) seine beidenVorgänger, das Überbrückungsgeld und den...

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Déjà Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Orlyanskaya, Olga; Osikominu, Aderonke - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short-term training and on their long-run effects. This paper estimates the effects of short-term training...

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Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany : Finally, a Policy that Works?

Caliendo, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

The German government has spent between 7bn and 11bn Euro per year on active labor market policies (ALMP) in East Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as job-creation schemes and vocational training has been...

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