Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123455 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
WWZ Discussion Paper No. 2013/14
Publisher: 
University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ), Basel
Abstract: 
We evaluate a wage subsidy program that is targeted at long-term unemployed workers in Germany. We use an alternative identification procedure compared to empirical studies con­ducted so far. Exploiting the particular program regulations and large administrative data we estimate the impact of program availability using a regression discontinuity framework. Our results suggest no significant impact of the availability of the subsidy on labor market out­comes of the target group. Even though our analysis lacks some statistical power, our findings do not support the substantial positive effects obtained from matching studies. As our ap­proach does not require observability of all drivers of selection, previous empirical studies justifying government expenditures on wage subsidies based on matching methods should be reconsidered.
Subjects: 
Wage subsidy
long-term unemployment
regression discontinuity
JEL: 
J08
J23
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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