Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1308:
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to take off
Michael Lechner and Conny Wunsch
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.
Keywords: Matching estimation, causal effects, programme evaluation, panel data; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J68; (follow links to similar papers)
46 pages, January 2007
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