Die Untersuchung bewertet für eine Stichprobe von Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfängern die Auswirkungen ihrer Beteiligung an kurzzeitigen Trainingsmaßnahmen in Deutschland. Die Autoren verwenden die Methode des Propensity Score Matching und amtliche Daten über Maßnahmeteilnehmer und für eine...

Seit geraumer Zeit ist die Aktivierung bedürftiger Langzeitarbeitsloser ein zentrales Anliegen der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Unsere Studie befasst sich damit, ob nach der Einführung des Sozialgesetzbuches II im Jahre 2005 die Gründungsförderung durch Einstiegsgeld zur Aktivierung bedürftiger...

In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The reform aimed at activating benefit recipients, e.g., by a workfare programme, the so-called One-Euro-Job. This programme was implemented at a large scale. Participants receive their means-tested...

Nach ihrer Einführung im Jahre 2005 haben Ein-Euro-Jobs sich zu dem meist verwendeten Instrument der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik für Arbeitslosengeld II-Bezieher entwickelt. In ihrer Gestaltung besteht Spielraum für lokale Akteure, um auf regionale und individuelle Besonderheiten der...

Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...

In this paper we evaluate the efficiency of unemployed training programmes in Latvia, using propensity score matching. Primary data files provided by the State Employment Agency of Latvia are used to construct the individual database of unemployed and programme participants. Available data allow...

Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with tem-porary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with tem-porary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with tem-porary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

This paper summarizes state unemployment insurance job search policies based on a recent survey of states by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. It then reviews research results on the effects of reemployment services on durations of insured unemployment. The paper documents...