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We analyse the effects of public sector sponsored training for the unemployed in the transition process in East Germany. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative administrative database that allows us to use matching methods to reduce potential selection bias,...

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...

Based on unique administrative data, which has only recently become available, this paper estimates the employment effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific professional skills and techniques (SPST). Using the inflows into...

We analyze unemployment dynamics for Germany on a regional basis by means of an approximate factor model. We first estimate the number of factors corresponding to the number of cycles. At least for the pre-'Hartz' reform data we find strong evidence for more than just one dynamic labor market...

"Der Bund-Länder-Planungsausschuß der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur' hat am 25. März 1999 die GA-Fördergebiete für die Jahre 2000 bis 2003 neu festgelegt. In diesen ausgewiesenen strukturschwachen Regionen sollen mit Hilfe regionaler...

"Labour market policy always had and continues to have an indisputable role in the transformation process in eastern Germany - complementary to the diverse efforts of economic and structural policy in dealing with the structural breakdown and creating new jobs. It has not only eased the pressure...

In dem Beitrag wird zunächst die schwierige Lage am ostdeutschen Arbeitsmarkt im Jahr 1992 beschrieben. Danach werden mittel- und längerfristige Perspektiven bis zum Jahr 2000 aufgezeigt. Anschließend wird diskutiert, welche wirtschafts- und beschäftigungspolitischen Strategien am ehesten...

"In 2000 Germany experienced a strong economic upswing. The engine driving this development was the vigorous foreign demand. In total a 3.1% growth in real gross domestic product could be recorded. The number of employed persons rose in the annual average for 2000 by almost 600,000. Marginal...