effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … professional skills and techniques (SPST). Using the inflows into unemployment for the year 1993, the empirical analysis uses local … programs starting during 1 to 6, 7 to 12, and 13 to 24 months of unemployment. The empirical results show a negative lock …

In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of … workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of six months beginning just after the dismissal …. -- Evaluation ; retraining program ; displaced workers ; matching estimates …

driven by negative effects on unemployment and retirement insurance coverage. Our heterogeneity analysis reveals substantial …

clear positive relation between the effectiveness of the programs and the unemployment rate over time. …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

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

are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … administrative and survey data and observe participants in two distinct start-up programs in Germany for five years after start-up as … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …

. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor … start-ups out of unemployment with regular business founders, with respect to not only personal characteristics but also …

In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates …