This paper evaluates a placement coaching program implemented in Zurich during 2009–2013 that focused on the reemployment of persons drawing disability insurance (DI) benefits. A private company was commissioned to implement the program. Kernel-based matching and radius matching with bias...

German Abstract: Am Beispiel des Marktes für Schweinefleisch werden die Wirkungen individueller Massnahmen von TierrechtlerInnen auf die produzierte Menge und somit die Menge an Tierleid mit Hilfe einfacher ökonomischer Modelle analysiert. Da die Ressourcen von TierrechtlerInnen begrenzt sind,...

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European regions mainly relies on functional form assumptions. However, it is ex ante not clear which functional form is appropriate with regard to the relationship between structural funds...

This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1/NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using structural...

Using different regional data sources for East Germany the three largest active labour market policy (ALMP) programmes - job creation schemes (JCS), structural adjustment schemes (SAS) and public training (PT) - are evaluated. After addressing the regional allocation rule of the funding of ALMPs...

The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually applied for the evaluation of active labour market...

Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms'...

The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for West Germany. Taking selection on observables into account results in an estimated wage effect of -6 percent up to -10 percent. Controlling additionally for selection on unobservables...