This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast …

Berlin city community to integrate young people in social assistance into the labor market. Reference data are generated in …

estimation methods from the treatment evaluation literature we separate the direct effect of textbooks from their peer effect …

Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless …

Through the Hartz reforms, German active labor market policy was fundamentally restructured and has since been … systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active … labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on …

evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws conclusions for the future setup of active labor market …Through the Hartz reforms, German active labor market policy was fundamentally restructured and systematically … policies. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on programs with proven positive …

The active labour market policies in Switzerland and Germany are compared. German and Swiss labour market policies have … database for an evaluation of these policies was made available earlier. The evaluation studies for Switzerland are summarized … currently developed in Germany. An informative database serves as the foundation for the evaluation and targeting of active …

labor market. Reference data are generated in collaboration with the German Employment Office. The participation effect is …

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a … number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are … purposes. Therefore, information that might be relevant for economic modeling is often absent. The IZA Evaluation Dataset aims …

This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconomic policy evaluation. Particular …, active labour market policies may consist of different training programmes, employment programmes and wage subsidies …