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"A major unemployment and welfare benefit reform took place in Germany in 2005. One objective of this reform was to …
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of unemployment benefit receipt into basic social care, to be paid by the unemployment insurance. The so called … 'Aussteuerungsbetrag' set strong incentives that investments in active labor market programs for unemployment benefit recipients should pay … off - in terms of an exit from registered unemployment - before a transition into basic social care for needy jobseekers …
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"For Germany, our study estimates average effects of further vocational training, short training and job creation schemes on the employment prospects of participants. We compare participation in each programme with non-participation as well as with participation in one of the other programmes....
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"This article provides a result-oriented view on the current status of German active labor market policy evaluation. The literature shows that nearly all groups of instruments positively affect the labor market prospects of at least particular groups of participants. However, regarding the...
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"In der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) wird derzeit ein System der quantitativen Wirkungsanalyse arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen entwickelt, das in Zukunft die operative Steuerung unterstützen soll. Wichtiger Bestandteil ist die neu aufgebaute Datenbank des Projektes 'Treatment Effects and...
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"Die aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch III wird aus Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds im Rahmen des so genannten ESF-BAProgramms in der Zeit von 2000 bis 2008 ergänzt. Das Programm setzt bei verschiedenen Lücken der gesetzlichen Arbeitsförderung an. Im Bereich der...
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"Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …
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"Gegenstand des Beitrags sind durch die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) finanzierte Maßnahmen zur Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung nach dem Dritten Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB III), die in den Jahren 2000 bis 2002 mit Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) ergänzt wurden. Mit dieser...
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"This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs - starting in March 2003 - on the employment outcomes of participants using propensity score matching. The main objective is to compare estimated average treatment effects for treatment and comparison groups, which vary in...
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"Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy...
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