This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast …

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its … unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …

focus on microeconometric evaluation which has to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and overcome the possible … occurrence of selection bias. When using non-experimental data, different evaluation approaches can be thought of. The aim of … major topic in evaluation research in recent years, we will also assess the ability of each estimator to deal with it …

. The "Mini-Job" reform in Germany - introduced on April 1, 2003 - can be seen in line with these policies, exempting labour … income below a certain threshold from taxes and employees’ social security contributions. We carry out an ex-post evaluation …

Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings – even though partly preliminary – are rather promising … even in a labor market with structural problems such as the one in East Germany. …

This paper evaluates the effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany. Since previous … empirical studies of these measures have been based on relatively small datasets and focussed on East Germany, this is the first …

explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and … solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical …