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Which Program for Whom?Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness ofPublic Sponsored Training Programs in Germany

Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate theemployment effects of a variety of public sponsored training programs in the early 2000s.Building on the work of Sianesi (2003, 2004), we employ propensity score matching methodsin a dynamic, multiple...

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The IZA Evaluation Dataset:Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making

Caliendo, Marco; Falk, Armin; Kaiser, Lutz C.; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many Europeancountries. In recent years, a …. Therefore, information that might be relevantfor economic modeling is often absent. The IZA Evaluation Dataset aims to overcome … sampling andcontents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset and outlines the future development.... …

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Dann warens nur noch vier Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch?

Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist im Zuge der Hartz-Reformen grundsätzlich neustrukturiert und systematisch evaluiert worden. Die vorliegenden Evaluationsberichte derersten drei Hartz-Gesetze belegen nun vielfach, welche Instrumente der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik sich durch ihre Wirksamkeit...

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Does Temporary Agency Work Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment?

Kvasnicka, Michael - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2005

Based on administrative data from the federal employment office in Germany, we apply matching techniques to estimate the stepping-stone function of temporary agency work for the unemployed, i.e. its short-run and long-run effects on their future employment prospects. Our results show that...

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Déjà Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Orlyanskaya, Olga; Osikominu, Aderonke - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short-term training and on their long-run effects. This paper estimates the effects of short-term training...

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Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany : Finally, a Policy that Works?

Caliendo, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

The German government has spent between 7bn and 11bn Euro per year on active labor market policies (ALMP) in East Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as job-creation schemes and vocational training has been...

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Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment:Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-UpProgrammes

Baumgartner, Hans. J.; Caliendo, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German activelabour market policy (ALMP) in recent years. If effective, this would not only reduceGermanys persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its notoriously low selfemploymentrate. Empirical evidence on...

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Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States:Soft Constraints and Mild Sanctions

Røed, Knut; Westlie, Lars - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, weshow that activity-oriented UI regimes i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of requiredparticipation in active labor market programs, duration limitations on unconditional UIentitlements, and high sanction...

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Alte Idee, neues Programm:Der Gründungszuschuss als Nachfolger vonÜberbrückungsgeld und Ich-AG

Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

Die Gründungsförderung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit ist im Rahmen der aktivenArbeitsmarktpolitik im Rechtskreis SGB III nach wie vor eines der bedeutsamstenInstrumente. Zum 1. August 2006 löste der Gründungszuschuss (§ 57 SGB III) seine beidenVorgänger, das Überbrückungsgeld und den...

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Too Bad to Benefit? Effect Heterogeneity ofPublic Training Programs

Rinne, Ulf; Schneider, Marc; Uhlendorff, Arne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This study analyzes the treatment effects of public training programs for the unemployed inGermany. Based on propensity score matching methods we extend the picture that has beensketched in previous studies by estimating treatment effects of medium-term programs fordifferent sub-groups with...

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