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Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed
Huber, Martin - 2015
outcomes of unemployed voucher recipients in Germany, along with the causal mechanisms through which it operates. It assesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016357
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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables
Lechner, Michael - 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/10013128839
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End-of-Year Spending and the Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2017
participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966067
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136712
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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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Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Voelter, Robert - 2021
estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317595
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Earnings Effects of Training Programs
Lechner, Michael; Melly, Blaise - 2021
reevaluation of Germany's training programs of 1993 and 1994, we find that the programs considerably improve the long-run earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316916
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Did the Hartz Reforms Speed-Up Job Creation? A Macro-Evaluation Using Empirical Matching Functions
Fahr, Rene - 2006
Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778974
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Public Employment Agency Reform, Matching Efficiency, and German Unemployment
Merkl, Christian; Sauerbier, Timo - 2022
restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline of unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241882
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Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States : Any Differences?
Merkl, Christian - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139060