We analyse the impact of retraining for the unemployed on future labour market success, and estimate effects separately for different target occupations. We use German registry data and apply statistical matching methods. The results show that on average, after a period with strong lock-in...

Der Forschungsbericht stellt die Ergebnisse eines Befragungsprojekts zur Umsetzung der geförderten beruflichen Weiterbildung aus Sicht der Mitarbeiter der Arbeitsagenturen (SGB III) und Arbeitsgemeinschaften (SGB II) vor. Das primäre Ziel der Befragung ist es, Erkenntnisse über die Bewertung...

Unemployment information in individual level register data depends on institutional settings, administrative procedures and which registers are merged. In this paper we suggest different implementation strategies for common international and German legal unemployment definitions for the Sample...

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...