start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …

,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able …

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 …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany's persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …

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 …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where …

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

migrants with a Turkish origin or Central and Eastern European (including Russian) background. Job search theory is used to …