Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off
Journal
The Economics of Transition
ISSN
0967-0750
ISSN-Digital
1468-0351
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2009-10
Author(s)
Abstract
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative individual database coming from administrative data sources. Using matching methods, we find that over a horizon of 2.5 years after programme start the programmes fail to increase the employment chances of their participants in the regular labour market. However, the programmes may have other effects for their participants that may be considered important in the especially difficult situation experienced in the East German labour market.
Language
English
Keywords
causal analysis
East Germany
evaluation
matching estimation
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford [u.a.]
Volume
17
Number
4
Start page
661
End page
702
Pages
42
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
31866
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