Active labour market policies in Germany: do regional labour markets benefit?

Rüdiger Wapler, Daniel Werner and Katja Wolf

Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 50, issue 51, 5561-5578

Abstract: This article examines on a regional level whether active labour market policies (ALMP) improve the matching process. To take the fact of heterogeneous search effectiveness during programme participation into account, we distinguish between current and former programme participants. Our findings based on a regional augmented matching function show that higher search effectiveness due to ALMP is not outweighed by indirect effects on nonparticipants. The total number of matches in a region increases with a higher share of former programme participants among the jobseekers. However, these effects largely differ between programme types.Abbreviation OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)ALMP (active labour market policy)

Date: 2018
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