Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24050 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 04-41
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We control for further selection and the presence of Ashenfelter's Dip before the program with conditional difference-in-differences estimators. Training as a first treatment shows insignificant effects on the transition rates. The effect of program sequences and the incremental effect of a second program on the reemployment probability are insignificant. However, the incremental effect on the probability to remain employed is slightly positive.
Subjects: 
Evaluation of active labor market policy in East Germany
nonparametric matching
conditional difference-in-differences
employment dynamics
JEL: 
H43
C23
J6
J64
C14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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