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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861908
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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - CESifo - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872227
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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008874626
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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854770
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The Secular Rise in Unemployment Insurance Exhaustions and What Can Be Done about It
Smith, Ralph E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2011
are no longer in demand, mixed results from the evaluations of public training programs underscore the importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358433
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Optimal Size and Intensity of Job Search Assistance Programs
Ribi, Evelyn - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2009
This paper derives the welfare optimal size and intensity of job search assistance programs in a general equilibrium model where the labor market is affected by search frictions. Both instruments have a priori ambiguous fiscal implications: their direct employment stimulating effects broaden the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048559
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Do Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services Reduce Insured Unemployment?
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Wandner, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005
This paper summarizes state unemployment insurance job search policies based on a recent survey of states by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. It then reviews research results on the effects of reemployment services on durations of insured unemployment. The paper documents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030681
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Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative individual database coming from administrative data sources. Using matching methods, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703104
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The Curse and Blessing of Training the Unemployed in a Changing Economy: The Case of East Germany After Unification
Lechner, Michael; Miquel, Ruth; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyse the effects of government-sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For … outcomes over 8 years. We find that, generally, all training programmes under investigation increase long-term employment … prospects and earnings. However, as an important exception, the longer training programmes are on average not helpful for their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703594
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What Did All the Money Do? On the General Ineffectiveness of Recent West German Labour Market Programmes
Wunsch, Conny; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822180