The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo, Gerard van den Berg and Klaus Zimmermann ()

No 5485, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or search intensity, to each other. We compare German native workers with migrants with a Turkish origin or Central and Eastern European (including Russian) background. Job search theory is used to derive theoretical predictions. We examine the omnibus ex ante effect of the German ALMP system, using the novel IZA Evaluation Data Set, which includes self-reported assessments of the variables of interest as well as an unusually detailed amount of information on behavior, attitudes and past outcomes. We find that the ex ante threat effect on the reservation wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered.

Keywords: unemployment duration; immigrants; active labor market policy; policy evaluation; reservation wage; program evaluation; expectations; search effort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 D83 D84 J61 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2011-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab, nep-ltv and nep-mig
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Published - published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 777-795

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