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 …

This paper evaluates the effect of a voucher award system for assignment into vocational training on the employment … negative short term and positive long term employment effects of voucher award are mainly driven by actual training …

This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job …-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering … observables and unobservables as well as heterogeneous treatment effects. The results indicate that short-term training schemes …

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human … capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during …