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An evaluation of public employment programmes in the East German state of Sachsen-Anhalt
Eichler, Martin; Lechner, Michael - 1999
In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment after unification. This paper evaluates the effects for participants in public employment programmes (PEPs), that are an important part of ALMPs. It focuses on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318148
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The Effect of Disability on Labour Market Outcomes in Germany : Evidence from Matching
Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, R. - 2021
status on labour market outcomes using matching methods associated with treatment effect techniques for program evaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319583
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The effect of disability on labour market outcomes in Germany : evidence from matching
Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia - 2003
status on labour market outcomes using matching methods associated with treatment effect techniques for program evaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261660
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An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt
Lechner, Michael; Eichler, Martin - 1999
In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment after unification. This paper evaluates the effects for participants in public employment programmes (PEPs), that are an important part of ALMPs. It focuses on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262314
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Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
and social security records. We apply a matching estimator adapted for the case of multiple programmes. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762319
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An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt
Lechner, Michael; Eichler, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment after unification. This paper evaluates the effects for participants in public employment programmes (PEPs), that are an important part of ALMPs. It focuses on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763788
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A Microeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666683
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A Note on the Relation of Weighting and Matching Estimators
Lechner, Michael - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2007
This paper compares the inverse-probability-of-selection-weighting estimation principle with the matching principle and … derives conditions for weighting and matching to identify the same and the true distribution, respectively. This comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200691
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A Note on the Relation of Weighting and Matching Estimators
Lechner, Michael - 2007
This paper compares the inverse-probability-of-selection-weighting estimation principle with the matching principle and … derives conditions for weighting and matching to identify the same and the true distribution, respectively. This comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728898
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Nonparametric bounds on employment and income effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany
Lechner, Michael - 1996
This paper explores the potential of an approach suggested by Manski of obtaining nonparametric bounds for treatment effects in evaluation studies without knowledge of the participation process. The practical concern is the effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622732