This paper makes a direct comparison of the relative effectiveness of job placement vouchers and the contracting out of placement services. The study is based on the process data of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and refers to the year 2004. The proportion of people...

"Contracting out placement services aims at enhancing the effectiveness of placements of unemployed job-seekers through market mechanisms. This paper analyses the effectiveness of the temporary assignment of needy job-seekers to private placement services by comparing their outcomes with respect...

"Contracting out placement services aims at enhancing the effectiveness of placements of unemployed job-seekers through market mechanisms. This paper analyses the effectiveness of the temporary assignment of needy job-seekers to private placement services by comparing their outcomes with respect...

In spite of extensive regulations, Germany's job offices and their caseworkers have substantial discretion in implementing labor market policies. Based on the analysis of combined survey and administrative data, this study compares the effectiveness of different strategies aimed at...

"In spite of extensive regulations, Germany's job offices and their caseworkers have substantial discretion in implementing labor market policies. Based on the analysis of combined survey and administrative data, this study compares the effectiveness of different strategies aimed at...

Mitte 2002 hat die Bundesagentur für Arbeit das arbeitsmarktpolitische Programm FAIR - Förderung der Arbeitsaufnahme - integriert und regulär installiert. In vier Geschäftsstellen wurden Vermittlungsteams eingerichtet, die mit einem deutlich verbesserten Betreuungsschlüssel operieren als...

"Im Zentrum der Evaluation des arbeitsmarktpolitischen Programms 'FAIR - Förderung der Arbeitsaufnahme - integriert und regulär' steht die Frage, ob die Vermittlungs- und Wiedereingliederungschancen von Langzeitarbeitslosen durch einen verbesserten Personalschlüssel in der Vermittlung...

"In this paper a model project, the Mannheim Employment Agency (Mannheimer Arbeitsvermittlungsagentur - MAVA), which was subsidised by the Federal Ministry for Labour, is examined using matching methods. In the MAVA, employees from the social assistance office and the employment office work...