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The relative effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes and the common support problem
Stephan, Gesine (contributor); Pahnke, André (contributor) - 2008
For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763131
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Wage subsidies for needy job-seekers and their effect on individual labour market outcomes after the German reforms
Bernhard, Sarah (contributor); Gartner, Hermann (contributor) - 2008
Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769572
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Die Nachhaltigkeit von geförderten Existenzgründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit : eine Bilanz nach fünf Jahren
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Künn, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2008
Die Ich-AG (Existenzgründungszuschuss) war eines der zentralen Instrumente, das im Rahmen der "Hartz-Reformen" in den arbeitsmarktpolitischen Kanon aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit dem bereits seit langem bekannten Überbrückungsgeld wurden damit zwischen 2003 und 2006 mehr als eine Million...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784389
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The effect of active labor market programs on not-yet treated unemployed individuals
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor);  … - 2008
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects are hard to identify without model assumptions. We develop a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job-search behavioral outcomes, like the reservation wage,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777875
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Get training or wait? : Long-run employment effects of training programs for the unemployed in West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor);  … - 2006
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/10003323169
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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik : Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006
approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330274
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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland : der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006
Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … retirement ; labor market policies ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283432
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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms : the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Wintermann, Ole (contributor) - 2005
structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285403
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Before and after the Hartz reforms : the performance of active labour market policy in Germany
Jacobi, Lena (contributor); Kluve, Jochen (contributor) - 2006
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314669
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Female labor market transitions in Europe
Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006
different labor market-regimes are selected as examples (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, UK). Within these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003316483