Lechner, Michael; Miquel, Ruth; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyse the effects of government-sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For … outcomes over 8 years. We find that, generally, all training programmes under investigation increase long-term employment … prospects and earnings. However, as an important exception, the longer training programmes are on average not helpful for their …