The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns … most important type of training programs before and after the reform by using administrative data of the Federal Employment … training programs had a positive impact on employment prospects already before the reform. Results for the relative short …

, we show that program impacts vary much across different types of training. Before the reform, especially long … improved after the reform. This is due to the introduction of better quality management, stronger competition among the …

Mit der Hartz-Reform wurden auch im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung grundlegende Neuerungen eingeführt. Dazu … Auswahl der Teilnehmer. Wir untersuchen für die Phasen vor und nach der Reform die Wirkung der Teilnahme an berufsbezogener … und -übergreifender Weiterbildung, dem quantitativ bedeutsamsten FbW-Programmtyp. Dabei greifen wir auf Verwaltungsdaten …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that … introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on participants. Besides estimating the overall reform effect …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany. -- training program ; employment effects ; administrative data ; matching …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …