Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system: Do effects differ from natives and why?

Artikel

We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score matching in a dynamic setting to estimate the treatment effects and suggest the identification of unexplained effect differences between groups. The results show a mixed picture: two types of training increase the employment chances of immigrants, whereas the other two are rather ineffective. Effect differences between immigrants and natives predominantly result from socio-demographic composition.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Migration ; ISSN: 2193-9039 ; Volume: 2 ; Year: 2013 ; Pages: 1-20 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: Immigrants ; Welfare ; Short-term training ; Evaluation ; Immigrant fixed effect

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Thomsen, Stephan L. ; Walter, Thomas ; Aldashev, Alisher
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/2193-9039-2-24
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/92253
• Last update: 11.07.20252025, 1:43 AM CEST