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 analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and...

Retraining the labor force to match the demands of a modern economy is an important task during the transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy. This need is particular pressing in East Germany, because the transition process is much faster there than in the rest of Eastern...

This paper explores the potential of an approach suggested by Manski of obtaining nonparametric bounds for treatment effects in evaluation studies without knowledge of the participation process. The practical concern is the effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany. The empirical...

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...

This paper develops a theoretical analysis of training regimes as outcomes of a complementarity between organizational and institutional factors that determine firms' and workers' incentives as regards skills. Specifically, the paper proposes that, on the one hand, knowledge embeddedness within...

In diesem Papier werden Ausbildungszertifikate und Diplome als Industrie-Normenverstanden und analysiert, also als Dokumente mit standardisierten Informationen fürdie Akteure in der Wirtschaft. Im ersten Teil wird der vergleichende Analyserahmenentwickelt und die Hypothese über die...

A major issue in the current economic debate is related to the striking difference betweenEurope, Japan and US concerning the level and evolution of unemployment. This paperexplores the micro determinants of these observed stylized facts. In a first part, atheoretical framework is presented...