This study analyses the treatment effects of public training programmes for the unemployed in Germany. Based on propensity score matching methods, we extend the picture that has been sketched in previous studies by estimating the treatment effects of medium-term programmes for different skill and age groups. Our results indicate that programme participation has a positive impact on employment probabilities and earnings for almost all sub-groups. We find little evidence for the presence of heterogeneous treatment effects, and the magnitude of the differences is quite small. Our results thus - at least in part - conflict with the strategy to provide training increasingly to individuals with better employment prospects.
Url or DOI
Country
Germany
Publication Year
2011
Training
Classroom/vocational training
On-the-job training
Other intervention types
Labour market status
Unemployed (All cat.)
Funding Source
Other
Outcome Variable
Employment status
Income/wages
Data Source
Administrative
Evaluation Method
PSM