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Bergemann, Annette; Pohlan, Laura; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2017

This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent … East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic … locking-in effects. However, twelve months after the program start the significantly negative impact on the job finding …

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Of carrots and sticks : the effect of workfare announcements on the job search behaviour and reservation wage of welfare recipients

Hohmeyer, Katrin; Wolff, Joachim - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 11, pp. 1-23

-to-treat effect of receiving a One-Euro-Job announcement on job search behaviour, reservation wage and labour market performance of … welfare recipients. We find that receiving a One-Euro-Job announcement increases job search activities significantly and …

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The impact of participation in job creation schemes in turbulent times

Bergemann, Annette; Pohlan, Laura; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2017

This paper analyzes the impact of participation in job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of … the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized … the typical program duration of twelve months, probably driven by reduced job search effort during participation resulting …

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Do active labour market policies for welfare recipients in Germany raise their regional outflow into work? : a matching function approach

Wapler, Rüdiger; Wolf, Katja; Wolff, Joachim - 2018

outcomes, much fewer studies are concerned with effects of these policies on the regional matching-process between job seekers … activate unemployed job-seekers through an intense use of ALMPs. Therefore, it is crucial to understand whether such policies … can improve the matching efficiency. We analyse quarterly panel data of German job centres in the period 2006 to 2011 and …

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Evaluating the dynamic employment effects of training programs in East Germany using conditional difference-in-differences

Bergemann, Annette (contributor); … - 2005

This study analyzes the employment effects of training in East Germany. We propose and apply an extension of the widely used conditional difference-in-differences evaluation method. Focusing on transition rates between nonemployment and employment we take into account that employment is a state...

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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences

Bergemann, Annette; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2021

This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We control for further selection and the presence of...

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Does the estimation of the propensity score by machine learning improve matching estimation? : the case of Germany's programmes for long term unemployed

Goller, Daniel; Lechner, Michael; Moczall, Andreas; … - 2019

Matching-type estimators using the propensity score are the major workhorse in active labour market policy evaluation. This work investigates if machine learning algorithms for estimating the propensity score lead to more credible estimation of average treatment effects on the treated using a...

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Subsidized work before and after the German Hartz reforms : design of major schemes, evaluation results and lessons learnt

Wolff, Joachim; Stephan, Gesine - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

reason for changes in the effectiveness of job creation schemes. …

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Does the estimation of the propensity score by machine learning improve matching estimation? : the case of Germany's programmes for long term unemployed

Goller, Daniel; Lechner, Michael; Moczall, Andreas; … - 2020

Propensity Score Matching-Schätzer sind ein zentrales Tool, um Wirkungen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik mit …

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Of carrots and sticks: the effect of workfare announcements on the job search behaviour and reservation wage of welfare recipients

Hohmeyer, Katrin; Wolff, Joachim - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 11, pp. 1-23

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