The microeconometric estimation of treatment effects : an overview

  • Vocational training programmes have been the most important active labour market policy instrument in Germany in the last years. However, the still unsatisfying situation of the labour market has raised doubt on the efficiency of these programmes. In this paper, we analyse the effects of the participation in vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. Based on administrative data for the time between the October 1999 and December 2002 of the Federal Employment Administration, we apply a bivariate mixed proportional hazards model. By doing so, we are able to use the information of the timing of treatment as well as observable and unobservable influences to identify the treatment effects. The results show that a participation in vocational training prolongates the unemployment duration in Eastern Germany. Furthermore, the results suggest that locking-in effects are a serious problem of vocational training programmes. JEL Classification: J64, J24, I28, J68

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Author:Marco Caliendo, Reinhard HujerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-22408
Parent Title (German):IZA Discussion Paper ; 1653
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2005/11/23
Year of first Publication:2005
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2005/11/23
Tag:dynamic treatments; effect heterogeneity; evaluation; matching
Source:IZA DP No. 1653, http://much-magic.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/Professoren/hujer/research.htm
HeBIS-PPN:197419194
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht