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Short-term training variety for welfare recipients : the effects of different training types
Kopf, Eva - 2009
Seit 2005 müssen arbeitslose erwerbsfähige Hilfebedürftige dem Arbeitsmarkt zur Verfügung stehen. Aktivierungsmaßnahmen sollen sie hierbei unterstützen. Zahlenmäßig bedeutsam sind die kurzen Eignungsfeststellungs- und Trainingsmaßnahmen, die verschiedene Qualifikationen vermitteln oder...
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On government-subsidized training programs for older workers
Singer, Christine; Toomet, Ott-Siim - 2013
We analyze the impact of the GermanWeGebAU programs, which are government-subsidized training measures for employed workers over 45 years old. We apply a dynamic matching approach similar to Crépon et al. (2009) and exploit novel information contained in rich German registry data. We focus on...
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Does federally-funded job training work? : non-experimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms
Andersson, Fredrik; Holzer, Harry J.; Lane, Julia; … - 2016
In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the relationship between city growth and institutional reform in 19th century Germany, when some cities experienced deep institutional reform as a result of French rule. Employing an...
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Employment and earnings effects of awarding training vouchers in Germany
Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; … - 2014
In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...
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General training by firms, apprentice contracts, and public policy
Malcomson, James M.; Maw, James W.; McCormick, Barry - 2002
Workers will not pay for general on-the-job training if contracts are not enforceable. Firms may if there are mobility frictions. Private information about worker productivities, however, prevents workers who quit receiving their marginal products elsewhere. Their new employers then receive...
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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? : the dynamic effects of alternative training schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012
This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...
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Personality traits and further training
Laible, Marie-Christine; Anger, Silke; Baumann, Martina - 2020
immer relevanter. Bisherige Studien finden einen Zusammenhang zwischen beruflicher Weiterbildung und Arbeitnehmer-, sowie … Five Persönlichkeitseigenschaften für unterschiedliche Formen der Weiterbildung, non-formale und informelle Weiterbildung …, und unterscheiden dann zwischen einer Teilnahme an beruflicher und an privater Weiterbildung. Auf Basis von 10 …
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Training, wages and a missing school graduation cohort
Dorner, Matthias; Görlitz, Katja - 2020
This study analyzes the effects of a missing high school graduation cohort on firms' training provision and trainees' wages. An exogenous school reform varying at the state and year level caused the missing cohort to occur. Using administrative social security data on all trainees and training...
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Should the unemployed care for the elderly? : the effect of subsidized occupational and further training in elderly care
Dauth, Christine; Lang, Julia - 2017
Effekte geförderter Weiterbildung in der Altenpflege für Arbeitslose in Deutschland über einen Zeitraum von 12 Jahren. Unsere … Ergebnisse zeigen, dass geförderte Weiterbildung in der Altenpflege die Beschäftigungschancen von Arbeitslosen langfristig …
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