Seit Beginn der siebziger Jahre gibt es in Deutschland, wie in den meisten anderen OECD-Staaten eine hohe …

In this paper we evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany …. Job creation schemes are a major element of active labour market policy in Germany and are targeted at long …

Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating … chances for most of the groups. Exceptions are long-term unemployed men in West and long-term unemployed women in East and … West Germany who benefit from participation in terms of higher employment rates. …

West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non …