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Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Ein Sachstandsbericht für die Instrumentenreform 2011 (Evaluation of active labor market programs : a summary of recent results for the...
Heyer, Gerd; Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Wolff, Joachim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This article provides a result-oriented view on the current status of German active labor market policy evaluation. The literature shows that nearly all groups of instruments positively affect the labor market prospects of at least particular groups of participants. However, regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009279896
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Wage subsidies for needy job-seekers and their effect on individual labour market outcomes after the German reforms
Bernhard, Sarah; Gartner, Hermann; Stephan, Gesine - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I …' are entitled to means-tested and tax-funded 'unemployment benefit II'. Several active labour market programmes support the … shares not unemployed and the share no longer receiving 'unemployment benefit II' are slightly smaller." (Author's abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592277
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The effectiveness of targeted wage subsidies for hard-to-place workers
Jaenichen, Ursula; Stephan, Gesine - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592294
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Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Ein Sachstandsbericht für die Instrumentenreform 2011 (Evaluation of active labor market programs : a summary of recent results for the...
Heyer, Gerd; Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Wolff, Joachim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This article provides a result-oriented view on the current status of German active labor market policy evaluation. The literature shows that nearly all groups of instruments positively affect the labor market prospects of at least particular groups of participants. However, regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592314
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A pairwise comparison of the effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes in Germany
Stephan, Gesine; Pahnke, André - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"For Germany, our study estimates average effects of further vocational training, short training and job creation schemes on the employment prospects of participants. We compare participation in each programme with non-participation as well as with participation in one of the other programmes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592316
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Workfare: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Walwei, Ulrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
"One of the most far-reaching proposals for reform in the field of labour market policy is to link the receipt of transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592336
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Wirkungsanalyse in der Bundesagentur für Arbeit : Konzeption, Datenbasis und ausgewählte Befunde
Stephan, Gesine; Rässler, Susanne; Schewe, Torben - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"In der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) wird derzeit ein System der quantitativen Wirkungsanalyse arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen entwickelt, das in Zukunft die operative Steuerung unterstützen soll. Wichtiger Bestandteil ist die neu aufgebaute Datenbank des Projektes 'Treatment Effects and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592370
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Participation of unemployment benefit recipients in active labor market programs : before and after the German labor market reforms
Stephan, Gesine; Zickert, Kathi - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
of unemployment benefit receipt into basic social care, to be paid by the unemployment insurance. The so called … 'Aussteuerungsbetrag' set strong incentives that investments in active labor market programs for unemployment benefit recipients should pay … off - in terms of an exit from registered unemployment - before a transition into basic social care for needy jobseekers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592381
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The effects of active labor market programs in Germany : an investigation using different definitions of non-treatment
Stephan, Gesine - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs - starting in March 2003 - on the employment outcomes of participants using propensity score matching. The main objective is to compare estimated average treatment effects for treatment and comparison groups, which vary in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592464
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Wirkungsanalyse in der Bundesagentur für Arbeit : Konzeption, Datenbasis und ausgewählte Befunde
Stephan, Gesine; Rässler, Susanne; Schewe, Torben - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"In der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) wird derzeit ein System der quantitativen Wirkungsanalyse arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen entwickelt, das in Zukunft die operative Steuerung unterstützen soll. Wichtiger Bestandteil ist die neu aufgebaute Datenbank des Projektes 'Treatment Effects and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132539