participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

policies on transition rates out of unemployment. We perform the first evaluation of training effects for the unemployed adults … in France, exploiting a unique longitudinal dataset from the unemployment insurance system. Using the so-called timing … unemployment, but has a significant and positive effect on the duration of the subsequent employment spell. Accounting for training …

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

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use … inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity … score to estimate the effects of training programs starting during 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 to 8 quarters of unemployment. The …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Germany. The empirical analysis is based on regional data for local employment office districts for the period from January … regressors, GMM estimation methods are applied …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … both programs were implemented at the same time. Our estimation strategy flexibly accounts for dynamic selection on … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during …

administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking … unemployment after program end we estimate the effect of keeping a subsidized job versus participating in training and taking up a …