In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings as a continuous treatment effect. Empirical evidence is based on a sample of West...

Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new administrative data base that plausibly allows for selectivity correction by microeconometric matching...

This paper presents for the first time panel evidence on the productivity effects of training intensity and different training forms in Germany. It hereby takes account of selectivity of training activities, unobserved heterogeneity of establishments as well as omitted variable bias. Using the...

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,...

Durch die Einführung des Systems des so genannten „Bildungsgutscheins“ hat sich die Leistungserbringung der budgetmäßig wichtigsten Maßnahme der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik seit dem 1. Januar 2003 grundlegend verändert. Wie ist das neue Instrument der Arbeitsmarktpolitik ausgestaltet...

Gender differences in access to continuing training are often argued to be a central cause of persisting gender inequalities in occupational attainment. Yet, existing empirical work has presented rather mixed evidence regarding a potential gender gap. With the aim to gain a better understanding...

Die seit den 70er Jahren durch das Rahmenrecht des Bundes vorgegebene Klammer für das Laufbahnrecht wurde - anders als im Bildungsbereich - ohne größere Debatten abgeschafft. Dies wird zu einer Zersplitterung und zu größeren Unterschieden in den Berufsbildern des öffentlichen Dienstes...