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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
Bergemann, Annette; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2021
. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319240
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Employment effects of the provision of specific professional skills and techniques in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor);  … - 2005
linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the average treatment effect on the treated of SPST … Germany compared to East Germany. -- training program ; employment effects ; administrative data ; matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003299995
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Employment Effects of the Provision of Specific Professional Skills and Techniques in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2008
linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the average treatment effect on the treated of SPST …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774349
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The impact of participation in job creation schemes in turbulent times
Bergemann, Annette; Pohlan, Laura; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2017
This paper analyzes the impact of participation in job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic environment. JCSs were heavily used in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011697379
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Job creation schemes in turbulent times
Bergemann, Annette; Pohlan, Laura; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2017
This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic environment. JCSs were heavily used in order to cushion this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011643433
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Evaluation of active labour market policy : methodological concepts and empirical estimates
Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - 2000
Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339682
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Do active labour market policies for welfare recipients in Germany raise their regional outflow into work? : a matching function approach
Wapler, Rüdiger; Wolf, Katja; Wolff, Joachim - 2018
outcomes, much fewer studies are concerned with effects of these policies on the regional matching-process between job seekers … can improve the matching efficiency. We analyse quarterly panel data of German job centres in the period 2006 to 2011 and … matching-function framework by applying the system generalized methods of moments estimator. Our results point to positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011805605
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How Do Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes Differ with Respect to the Foregoing Unemployment Duration?
Hujer, Reinhard - 2008
. Applying propensity score matching in a dynamic setting where the time until treatment in the unemployment spell is stratified … into quarters, regional (East and West Germany) as well as gender differences are considered in the estimation. As matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727018
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Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy : Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates
Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - 2021
Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321054
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Active labour-market policies in Germany : do regional labour markets benefit?
Wapler, Rüdiger; Werner, Daniel; Wolf, Katja - 2014
deals with the question whether ALMP improves the matching-process between job-seekers and vacancies and thus increases the … former programme participants. The result from our augmented matching function shows that the lock-in effect is also present … matching process. However, this effect varies largely between different types of programmes. Positive effects occur for long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010460947