Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32693 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IAB-Discussion Paper No. 16/2007
Publisher: 
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy on previously unemployed individuals. A second scenario analyses the effects of a subsidy on employment probabilities conditional on takingup employment. The third scenario investigates the additional effect of a subsidy on individuals, who have participated in a short-term training measure beforehand. Summing up and in line with the literature, the results show that subsidies have a favourable effect on the employment prospects of participants.
Subjects: 
Targeted wage subsidies
evaluation of labour market programmes
propensity score matching
JEL: 
J68
J64
J65
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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