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The Relative Effectiveness of Selected Active Labor Market Programs: An Empirical Investigation for Germany

For Germany, we estimate the relative effectiveness of training programs and job creation schemes. We pay particular attention to problems of common support that may arise in cross-program comparisons. Furthermore, we show that the use of different outcome variables may lead to different conclusions. In particular, the group of participants in job creation schemes may be too different from training participants to conduct a reliable comparison. Participants in shorter training programs spend more time in employment than those in longer programs; this is mainly due to less lock-in effects. However, at the end of our observation period participants in long retraining programs show the best relative performance.

Authors
Stephan Gesine
André Pahnke
Country
Germany
Publication Year
2011
Ranges
Intervention
Intervention Start Year
2003
Intervention End Year
2003
Evaluation
Evaluation Start Year
2003
Evaluation End Year
2006
Policy field
Employment incentives
Private sector employment incentives
Public sector employment
Training
Classroom/vocational training
Target group
Labour market status
Unemployed (All cat.)
Details
Funding Source
Other
Outcome Variable
Employment status
Data Source
Administrative
Evaluation Method
PSM