Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences

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This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We control for further selection and the presence of Ashenfelter's Dip before the program with conditional difference-in-differences estimators. Training as a first treatment shows insignificant effects on the transition rates. The effect of program sequences and the incremental effect of a second program on the reemployment probability are insignificant. However, the incremental effect on the probability to remain employed is slightly positive.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 04-41

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
• Subject: Evaluation of active labor market policy in East Germany ; nonparametric matching ; conditional difference-in-differences ; employment dynamics ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Weiterbildung ; Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse ; Mikroökonometrie ; Schätzung ; Neue Bundesländer

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Speckesser, Stefan ; Fitzenberger, Bernd ; Bergemann, Annette
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24050
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET