The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany
The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany

Author: Reinhard Hujer

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 31

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Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes the effects of these programs on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany. By applying a multivariate mixed proportional hazards model, we are able to consider information of the timing of treatment in the unemployment spell as well as observable and unobservable factors to control for selectivity. Moreover, we allow treatment effects to vary over time and take account of heterogeneity in the effects due to individual differences.

Labormetrics
Labormetrics

Author: Lutz Bellmann

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 3110511681

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Evaluating the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany
Evaluating the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany

Author: Stephan Lothar Thomsen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-16

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 3790819506

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This book analyses the employment effects of job creation schemes for participating individuals in Germany. Programs provide subsidized jobs that are additional in nature and of value for society. International evidence on their effectiveness suggests that programs should be targeted to the needs of the unemployed and should be offered early in the period of unemployment. Both questions are studied for job creation schemes in Germany.

Evaluation of German Active Labour Market Policies and their Organisational Framework
Evaluation of German Active Labour Market Policies and their Organisational Framework

Author: Christoph R. Ehlert

Publisher: Springer Gabler

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 3658081120

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For selected target groups, such as unemployed and disadvantaged youth, Christoph Ehlert demonstrates that flexible and well-targeted programmes significantly improve employment chances. To be effective, these programmes must combine individual coaching, classroom training and temporary work. Apart from the programmes, the organisational framework in which the programmes are allocated also influences the outcome. The author shows that the introduction of customer service centres, that streamlined the customers through the counselling and placement process, helped little in bringing unemployed back to work, while the introduction of action programmes even worsened the situation for the unemployed and job-seekers. Whereas the introduction of new placement software in German employment agencies led to an increase in regular employment and to more sustainable placements that exhibit longer tenures.

Get Training Or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
Get Training Or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany

Author: Bernd Fitzenberger

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages:

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"Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and often it is not possible to assess whether positive long-run effects exist. Based on unique administrative data, this paper estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the effects of training programs starting during 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 to 8 quarters of unemployment. The results show a negative lock-in effect for the period right after the beginning of the program and significantly positive treatment effects on employment rates in the medium- and long-run. The differential effects of the three programs compared to one another are mainly driven by differences in the length of the lock-in periods"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.

Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform
Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform

Author: Thomas Walter

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 379082870X

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In January 2005, the German government enacted a substantial reform of the welfare system, the so-called “Hartz IV reform”. This book evaluates key characteristics of the reform from a microeconometric perspective. It investigates whether a centralized or decentralized organization of welfare administration is more successful to integrate welfare recipients into employment. Moreover, it analyzes the employment effects of an intensified use of benefit sanctions and evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of the most frequently assigned Active Labor Market Programs. The analyses have a focus on immigrants, who are highly over-represented in the German welfare system.​