New evidence on the effects of job creation schemes in Germany : a matching approach with threefold heterogeneity

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This paper evaluates the effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany. Since previous empirical studies of these measures have been based on relatively small datasets and focussed on East Germany, this is the first study which allows to draw policy-relevant conclusions. The very informative and exhaustive dataset at hand not only justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently developed multiple treatment framework is used to evaluate the effects with respect to regional, individual and programme heterogeneity. The results show considerable differences with respect to these sources of heterogeneity, but the overall finding is very clear. At the end of our observation period, that is two years after the start of the programmes, participants in job creation schemes have a significantly lower success probability on the labour market in comparison to matched non-participants.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 750

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate ; Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics: General ; Estimation: General
• Subject: job creation schemes ; evaluation ; multiple treatment ; heterogeneity ; matching ; Arbeitsbeschaffung ; Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Berufliche Integration ; Schätzung ; Mikroökonometrie ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hujer, Reinhard ; Caliendo, Marco ; Thomsen, Stephan L.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21400
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