Introduction -- A policy history of ETP -- A theoretical perspective on the participants in state training programs -- Training outcomes: impact on the trainees -- ETP at work: a qualitative examination of the delivery of ETP training and its impact on trainees -- Impact on companies -- The...

"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...

"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...