"In Germany, so-called 'integration agreements' between labor market agencies and job seekers stipulate placement efforts of the Employment Agency as well as the job search requirements of the job seekers. A pilot project examines the effectiveness of such integration contracts. In this project,...

Predictions of whether newly unemployed individuals will become long-term unemployed are important for the planning and policy mix of unemployment insurance agencies. We analyze unique data on three sources of information on the probability of re-employment within 6 months (RE6), for the same...

We analyze unique data on three sources of information on the probability of re-employment within 6 months (RE6), for the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were asked for their perceived probability of RE6. Second, their caseworkers revealed whether they...

Eingliederungsvereinbarungen zwischen Arbeitsagenturen und Arbeitsuchenden dokumentieren die Vermittlungsbemühungen der Agentur wie auch die Eigenbemühungen und Nachweispflichten der Arbeitsuchenden. Im Rahmen eines Modellprojekts haben ausgewählte Arbeitsagenturen den Zeitpunkt für den...

Eine Kernidee aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist es, auf die Eigenverantwortung und Eigeninitiative der Arbeitsuchenden zu setzen und diese zu stärken. Sogenannte Aktionspläne sollen die Arbeitsuchenden dazu anregen, konkrete Vorstellungen zu ihren beruflichen Zielen, Stärken und...

We analyze a German labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. This WeGebAU program reimburses training costs but take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially...

We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers eligible for a subsizided occupational training program called WeGebAU,informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data,we...