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Matching-type estimators using the propensity score are the major workhorse in active labour market policy evaluation. This work investigates if machine learning algorithms for estimating the propensity score lead to more credible estimation of average treatment effects on the treated using a...
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This paper estimates establishment-level employment effects of investment grants in one of the German Federal States receiving the most support. We analyze general treatment effects, as well as the influence of heterogeneity in the characteristics and economic environment of the establishment on...
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Am 1. Januar 2015 wurde in Deutschland der allgemeine gesetzliche Mindestlohn eingeführt. Wir identifizieren …
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subsidized training in elderly care professions for the unemployed in Germany over 12 years. We find that subsidized further … Effekte geförderter Weiterbildung in der Altenpflege für Arbeitslose in Deutschland über einen Zeitraum von 12 Jahren. Unsere …
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This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general … equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for postunification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of …
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The number of unemployed workers in Germany decreased dramatically from its peak in February 2005 at over 5.2 million …Seit ihrem Höhepunkt im Februar 2005 sank die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland innerhalb von drei Jahren von 5 …
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traits using a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment. Starting in 2001 …, academic-track high school (Gymnasium) was reduced from nine to eight years in most of Germany's federal states, leaving the … point to important heterogeneous effects. In addition to differences between East and West Germany, we find that male …
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Active labour-market policy (ALMP) not only affects the labour-market success of participants. Due to indirect effects, they might also affect the job perspectives of non-participants. Hence, even if ALMP programmes have a positive effect for the participants, this does not mean that ALMP...
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study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for new firm cohorts but locked it in for incumbents … Deutschland, welche diese Auflage abrupt für neue Firmen aufhob, für bereits bestehende Firmen jedoch weiterbestehen ließ. Unsere …
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This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 Containment measures in Germany. We take the …Wir analysieren die kurzfristigen Arbeitsmarkteffekte der COVID-19 Eindämmungsmaßnahmen in Deutschland. Mittels eines …
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