participation in public vocational training significantly decreases unemployment duration or increases employment duration. …This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and … employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is …

participation in public vocational training significantly decreases unemployment duration or increases employment duration. …This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and … employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …