what is often argued, therefore, we find no evidence for a negative causal effect of offshoring on employment in Germany or … on other core dimensions of firm performance. -- Offshoring ; Germany ; enterprise panel data …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and …

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and … displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements … of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for production (vs. final goods for consumption); that it involves …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany. -- training program ; employment effects ; administrative data ; matching …

and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques for estimation. We develop a … the posterior distributions of different treatment effects of interest. Our estimation results imply positive effects of … start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …

outcomes of unemployed voucher recipients in Germany, along with the causal mechanisms through which it operates. It assesses …

In this paper we evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany …. Job creation schemes are a major element of active labour market policy in Germany and are targeted at long …