has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast …

Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of … individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy …

This evaluation study aims to assess the impact of PIPOL, an integrated program of active labor policies, on the …

. Job creation schemes are a major element of active labour market policy in Germany and are targeted at long …

labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to … explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and … solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical …

Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless …

This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconomic policy evaluation. Particular …, active labour market policies may consist of different training programmes, employment programmes and wage subsidies …