apply propensity score matching as a method to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and to estimate the effect of the …

contracted out so far in Germany. In this paper a microeconometric evaluation of this system using propensity score matching is …

different econometric techniques for panel data (GMM and two-stage least squares) are applied. An augmented matching function … indicates a negative effect of JCS on regional matching efficiency (inflows into regular employment) and no significant effects …

of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human capital. Unemployed households receive unemployment benefits and … employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …

. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all ALMP programmes on the … gives some tentative support to the view that public training programmes can be used to reduce unemployment. …

This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment … high effect of employment protection for regular jobs on youth unemployment. In addition, the combined effects of powerful … establishes significant labor supply effects and effects of the education system on youth and total unemployment. …

categories on unemployment have been extensively discussed in the empirical literature. However, interaction effects between … explanatory power of macroeconomic models explaining unemployment. The approach permits to tackle model specification problems … institutional changes are calculated and their economic significance is analyzed for selected countries. -- Unemployment …

selectivity correction by microeconometric matching methods. We identify the effects of different types of training programmes … over a horizon of more than seven years. Using bias corrected weighted multiple neighbours matching we find that all …