Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen; Schmidt, Christoph M. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 39 (2006) 3/4, pp. 575-601
This paper investigates the causal effect of regional variation in active labor market policy utilizing data for 176 German employment offices and a period covering 2000-2004. In this endeavor, we also analyze the impact of the recent labor market reforms ('Hartz reforms'). We use flow measures...