start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where …

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 …

Germany. The empirical analysis is based on regional data for local employment office districts for the period from January …

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 …

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

administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking …

reevaluation of Germany's training programs of 1993 and 1994, we find that the programs considerably improve the long-run earnings …