Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34990 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3240
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
Program evaluation
active labor market policy
effect heterogeneity
public training programs
matching
JEL: 
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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