systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active … labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on … a systematic evaluation of all instruments not scrutinized so far. …

systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active … labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on … a systematic evaluation of all instruments not scrutinized so far. …

evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws conclusions for the future setup of active labor market … evaluation of all instruments not scrutinized so far, and for a permanent process of decentralized experimentation and re-evaluation. …

policies in Germany were overhauled considerably. The paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusion … for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a streamlined repertoire of active … placement vouchers) and calls for a systematic evaluation of all schemes not scrutinized so far. …

substantial amendments in German labor market legislation known as Hartz reforms. Based on the official evaluation of the reforms … suppliers of training, and more freedom of choice for the unemployed. -- program evaluation ; occupational training ; Hartz …-Reforms ; Germany …

Most evaluation studies of active labour market policies (ALMP) focus on the microeconometric evaluation approach using … a first step to a complete evaluation which has to be followed by an analysis on the macroeconomic level. As a starting … estimate the impacts of ALMP in Germany for the time period 1999-2001 with regional data of 175 labour office districts. Due to …

substantial amendments in German labor market legislation known as Hartz reforms. Based on the official evaluation of the reforms …

reforms. Based on the official evaluation of the reforms, we show that program impacts vary much across different types of …

. Evaluation studies of such programmes commonly rely on the conditional independence assumption (CIA), allowing a causal … success, these variables were neglected in evaluation studies so far due to data limitations. In this paper, we evaluate a new … start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich …