Which Program for Whom? Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Programs in Germany

Martin Biewen, Bernd Fitzenberger, Aderonke Osikominu and Marie Waller ()
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Marie Waller: University of Freiburg

No 2885, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety of public sponsored training programs in the early 2000s. Building on the work of Sianesi (2003, 2004), we employ propensity score matching methods in a dynamic, multiple treatment framework in order to address program heterogeneity and dynamic selection into programs. Our results suggest that in West Germany both short-term and medium-term programs show considerable employment effects for certain population subgroups but in some cases the effects are zero in the medium run. Short-term programs are surprisingly effective when compared to the traditional and more expensive longer-term programs. With a few exceptions, we find little evidence for significant positive treatment effects in East Germany. There is some evidence that the employment effects decline for older workers and for low-skilled workers.

Keywords: administrative data; multiple treatments; dynamic treatment effects; local linear matching; evaluation; active labor market programs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 H43 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67 pages
Date: 2007-06
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Published - substantially revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (4), 837-897

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