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Ermittlung von Qualifikationserfordernissen in der Nanotechnologie
Abicht, Lothar; Freikamp, Henriette; Schumann, Uwe - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330763
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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011187
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A gift is not always a gift : gift exchange in a voucher experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of participants in the Swiss Labor Force Survey was sent vouchers to be used in adult training courses. Importantly for our purposes, actual voucher redemption can be traced. This gives the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153892
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Von Schweden lernen : Weiterbildung gering Qualifizierter im Rahmen der kommunalen Erwachsenenbildung (Komvux)
Schulte-Braucks, Philipp - 2013
Arbeitsmarktintegration und Weiterbildung gering Qualifizierter eher schlecht ab. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden gängige Erklärungen für die … Voraussetzungen gefragt, um diese Gruppe stärker in die berufliche Weiterbildung zu integrieren. Die Untersuchung konzentriert sich … Weiterbildungsförderung, die für gering Qualifizierte eine zweite Chance zum Erwerb einer beruflichen Ausbildung eröffnen würde. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729962
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Do firms benefit from active labour market policies?
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Scioch, Patrycja - 2013 - This version: September 2013
This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionally informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792179
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Does regional training supply determine employees’ training participation?
Görlitz, Katja; Rzepka, Sylvi - 2014 - Version: March 2014
Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340291
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Information, financial aid and training participation : evidence from a randomized field experiment
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2016
To increase employee participation in training activities, the German government introduced a large-scale training voucher program in 2008 that reduces training fees by half. Based on a randomized field experiment, this paper analyzes whether providing information about the existence and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455040
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536178
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The pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to voucher-financed training
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508580