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.

Microeconometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Microeconometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Author: Marco Caliendo

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 3540287086

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Provides an overview of the microeconometric evaluation methods for evaluation of labour market and other public policies. This book focuses on the propensity score matching method and gives guidance for its implementation. It uses this method to evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany.

The Economics of Education and Training
The Economics of Education and Training

Author: Christian Dustmann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-12

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 3790820229

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Education and training are key to explain the current competitive strengths of national economies. While in the past educational and training institutions were often seen as providers of necessary skills for national economies, this view has changed, with education and training now being seen as a key ingredient for international competitiveness. This collection of papers on various aspects of the economics of education and training reflects this new interest.

Impact Evaluation
Impact Evaluation

Author: Markus Fröhlich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-21

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1107042461

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Encompasses the main concepts and approaches of quantitative impact evaluations, used to consider the effectiveness of programmes, policies, projects or interventions. This textbook for economics graduate courses can also serve as a manual for professionals in research institutes, governments, and international organizations.

Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany
Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany

Author: Anja Kuckulenz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-28

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 3790819689

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This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the heterogeneity of training participants. In addition, evidence is given on whether positive externalities of continuing training exist.

Modelling and Evaluating Treatment Effects in Econometrics
Modelling and Evaluating Treatment Effects in Econometrics

Author: Dann Millimet

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2008-02-21

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1849505233

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The estimation of the effects of treatments endogenous variables representing everything from individual participation in a training program to national participation in a World Bank loan program has occupied much of the theoretical and applied econometric research literatures. This volume presents a collection of papers on this topic.