Too Bad to Benefit? Effect Heterogeneity of Public Training Programs

Ulf Rinne, Marc Schneider and Arne Uhlendorff

No 3240, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study analyzes the treatment effects of public training programs for the unemployed in Germany. Based on propensity score matching methods we extend the picture that has been sketched in previous studies by estimating treatment effects of medium-term programs for different sub-groups with respect to vocational education and age. Our results indicate that program participation has a positive impact on employment probabilities for all sub-groups. Participants also seem to find more often higher paid jobs than non-participants. However, we find only little evidence for the presence of heterogeneous treatment effects, and the magnitude of the differences is quite small. Our results are thus – at least in part – conflicting with the strategy to increasingly provide training to individuals with better employment prospects.

Keywords: public training programs; active labor market policy; effect heterogeneity; program evaluation; matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2007-12
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Published - revised version published as 'Do the skilled and prime-aged unemployed benefit more from training? Effect heterogeneity of public training programmes in Germany' in: Applied Economics , 2011, 43 (25), 3465-3494

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Journal Article: Do the skilled and prime-aged unemployed benefit more from training? Effect heterogeneity of public training programmes in Germany (2011)
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