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Does subsidised temporary employment get the unemployment back to work? : an econometric analysis of two different schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414007
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Earnings and Employment Effects of Continuous Off-the-Job Training in East Germany after Unification
Lechner, Michael - 2003
Retraining the labor force to match the demands of a modern economy is an important task during the transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy. This need is particularly pressing in East Germany, because the transition process is much faster there than in the rest of Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155550
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2021
Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320382
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The Effects of Enterprise-Related Continuous Vocational Training in East Germany on Individual Employment and Earnings
Lechner, Michael - 2001
The paper studies the returns from enterprise-related continuous vocational training on individual earnings, unemployment probabilities, and other labor market indicators in East Germany after unification. It attempts to solve the intrinsic identification problem of such evaluation problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155544
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Partial identification of wage effects of training programs
Lechner, Michael; Melly, Blaise - 2010 - This version: April, 2010
In an evaluation of a job-training program, the influence of the program on the in-dividual wages is important, because … it reflects the program effect on human capital. Esti-mating these effects is complicated because we observe wages only … program, we find that a considerable improvement of the long-run potential wages of its participants. -- Bounds ; treatment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669231
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Partial Identification of Wage Effects of Training Programs
Lechner, Michael - 2010
In an evaluation of a job-training program, the influence of the program on the individual wages is important, because … it reflects the program effect on human capital. Estimating these effects is complicated because we observe wages only … program, we find that a considerable improvement of the long-run potential wages of its participants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144275
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An evaluation of public-sector-sponsored continuous vocational training programs in East Germany
Lechner, Michael - 1999
This study analyses the effects of public-sector-sponsored continuous vocational training and retraining in East Germany after unification with West Germany in 1990. It presents econometric estimates of the average gains from training participation in terms of employment probabilities, earnings,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318149
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An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany
Lechner, Michael - 2000
This study analyzes the effects of public-sector-sponsored continuous vocational training and retraining in East Germany after unification with West Germany in 1990. It presents econometric estimates of the average gains from training participation in terms of earnings, employment probabilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188704
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262619
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An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany
Lechner, Michael - 1999
This study analyses the effects of public-sector-sponsored continuous vocational training and retraining in East Germany after unification with West Germany in 1990. It presents econometric estimates of the average gains from training participation in terms of employment probabilities, earnings,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262313