both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …

unemployment after program end we estimate the effect of keeping a subsidized job versus participating in training and taking up a …

This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany …

criteria for unemployment and disability benefits applied to older individuals. We present evidence that these two factors … extension of unemployment benefits until the earliest age for drawing old age pension. Furthermore, our findings imply that a …