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...

"Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and often it is not possible to assess whether positive long-run effects exist. Based on unique administrative data, this paper estimates the longrun differential employment effects of...