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Which Program for Whom? Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Programs in Germany
Biewen, Martin - 2008
We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety … dynamic selection into programs. Our results suggest that in West Germany both short-term and medium-term programs show … exceptions, we find little evidence for significant positive treatment effects in East Germany. There is some evidence that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773490
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Deja Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2008
Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of … paper estimates the effects of short-term training programs in West Germany starting in the time period 1980 to 1992 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771630
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Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Voelter, Robert - 2021
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/10013317595
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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
Bergemann, Annette; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2021
This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319240
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End-of-Year Spending and the Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2017
participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966067
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Contagion, Bank Lending Spreads and Output Fluctuations
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 2010
This paper studies the effects of contagion on bank lending spreads and output fluctuations in Argentina. The first part presents the analytical framework, which analyzes the determination of bank lending spreads in the presence of verification and enforcement costs of loan contracts. The second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763821
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Savings and the Terms of Trade Under Borrowing Constraints
Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Aizenman, Joshua - 2021
This paper examines the extent to which permanent terms-of-trade shocks have an asymmetric effect on private savings. The first part uses a simple three-period model to show that, if households expect to face binding borrowing constraints in bad states of nature, savings rates will respond...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244885
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Macroeconomic Adjustment with Segmented Labor Markets
Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Aizenman, Joshua - 2022
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effects of fiscal and labor market policies in a small open developing country. The basic framework considers an economy with a large informal production sector and a heterogeneous work force. The labor market is segmented as a result of efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308614