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This paper evaluates the impact of a training voucher program on establishments' investments in further training. The voucher program that was implemented in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia increased training incentives for employees in small and medium-sized establishments by...
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We evaluate the effects of different short-term training programs on the employment chances of immigrant and native welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might cause these potential differences. In a first step,...
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This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov...
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Für die mikroanalytische Evaluation der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung (FbW) von Arbeitslosen wird … üblicherweise gefragt, ob es aufgrund der Weiterbildung zu Übergängen in neue Beschäftigungsverhältnisse gekommen ist … der beruflichen Weiterbildung von Arbeitslosen unter dem Aspekt der Statusmobilität vorgestellt. Verglichen werden die …
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Studies show that high-tenure displaced workers typically incur substantial long-term earnings losses. As these losses have become increasingly apparent, policy makers have significantly expanded resources for retraining, much of which takes place in regular community college classes. To analyze...
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This paper examines the performance of the JTPA performance system, a widely emulated model for inducing efficiency in government organizations. We present a model of how performance incentives may distort bureaucratic decisions. We define cream skimming within the model. Two major empirical...
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In many cases assignment to a treatment may affect concomitant variables. I show how a concomitant variable can be used to corroborate evidence from an observational study. In the observational study two types of training programs are compared. One program is part of regular Swedish labor market...
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Der Entwurf des Klimaschutzplans Nordrhein-Westfalen stellt sowohl im Hinblick auf seine komplexe Entstehung als auch seine potenziellen Wirkungen eine bemerkenswerte Neuerung für den planerischen Klimaschutz und die Klimaanpassung dar. Sein sektoren- und ebenenübergreifender und landesweiter...
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In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine semi-parametrischer Matching-Ansatz (Propensity Score Matching) verwendet, um den Effekt von Agrarumweltprogrammen, der Aus-gleichszulage für benachteiligte Gebiete sowie der Ausgleichszahlung für Gebiete mit umweltspezifischen Einschränkungen auf den...
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the measures' effectiveness and efficiency cannot yet be met. In this case, policy evaluation has to be judged as an …
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