Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17836 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1308
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative individual database coming from administrative data sources. Using matching methods, we find that over a horizon of 2.5 years after programme start the programmes fail to increase the employment chances of their participants in the regular labour market. However, the programmes may have other effects for their participants that may be considered important in the especially difficult situation experienced in the East German labour market.
Subjects: 
Matching estimation
causal effects
programme evaluation
panel data
JEL: 
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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