programs was in place, we find positive effects of both on-the-job and off-the-job training for women, and positive effects of … off-the-job training for men. …

training and job creation schemes on the labour market situation, whereas the results for East Germany do not allow profound …

Empirically, not much is known about the mechanisms how labor market programs like job search assistance and training … operate to support finding a job. This paper provides novel evidence to open the "blackbox": it causally links the program … older job seekers, turns out to increase the job finding of participants by 9 percentage points (72% vs. 63% in the control …

This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent … East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic … locking-in effects. However, twelve months after the program start the significantly negative impact on the job finding …

, they might also affect the job perspectives of non-participants. Hence, even if ALMP programmes have a positive effect for … deals with the question whether ALMP improves the matching-process between job-seekers and vacancies and thus increases the … local employment offices of the German Federal Employment Agency for the time period 2006 to 2010 and focus on job …

raises the question of why only minor shares of unemployed job seekers relocate in order to find employment. The German … active labor market policy offers a subsidy covering moving costs to incentivize unemployed job seekers to search/accept jobs … unemployed job seekers who participate in the subsidy program and move to a distant region receive higher wages and find more …

This paper analyzes the impact of participation in job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of … the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized … the typical program duration of twelve months, probably driven by reduced job search effort during participation resulting …