Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21182 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 616
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Most evaluation studies of active labour market policies (ALMP) focus on the microeconometric evaluation approach using individual data. However, as the microeconometric approach usually ignores impacts on the non-participants, it should be seen as a first step to a complete evaluation which has to be followed by an analysis on the macroeconomic level. As a starting point for our analysis we discuss the effects of ALMP in a theoretical labour market framework augmented by ALMP. We estimate the impacts of ALMP in Germany for the time period 1999-2001 with regional data of 175 labour office districts. Due to the high persistence of German labour market data the application of a dynamic model is crucial. Furthermore our analysis accounts especially for the inherent simultaneity problem of ALMP. For West Germany we find positive effects of vocational training and job creation schemes on the labour market situation, whereas the results for East Germany do not allow profound statements.
Subjects: 
evaluation
active labour market policy
dynamic panel data model
JEL: 
C33
E24
H43
J64
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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