And Then There Were Four... How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labour Market Policy Do We Still Need?

Klaus Zimmermann () and Werner Eichhorst

No 6246, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Through the Hartz reforms, German active labour market policy was fundamentally restructured and has since been systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active labour market policies in Germany. It argues in favour of a reduced range of active labour market policy schemes focusing on programs with proven positive effects (that are wage subsidies, training, start-up grants and placement vouchers) and calls for a systematic evaluation of all instruments not scrutinized so far.

Keywords: Active labour market policy; Germany; Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 H43 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-04
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