This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the … endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment … training on the employment probability of the treated, lying between 12 and 21 percentage points ten quarters after program …

We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety … considerable employment effects for certain population subgroups but in some cases the effects are zero in the medium run. Short … employment effects decline for older workers and for low skilled workers. …

participation, we provide inverse probability weighting and ordinary least squares estimates of the employment and earnings effects … market success. On average, there are only small positive employment effects and no gains in earnings even four years after …

2000 to 2003 regarding the two outcomes employment and participation in longer training programs. We find that shortterm … training shows mostly persistently positive and often significant employment effects. Short-term training focusing on testing …