Article 2011

Do the skilled and prime-aged unemployed benefit more from training? Effect heterogeneity of public training programmes in Germany

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Rinne, Ulf
 SM
Schneider, Marc
 UA
Uhlendorff, Arne
Applied Economics
Journal · Vol. 43 · Issue 25 · pp. 3465-3494
Abstract

This study analyses the treatment effects of public training programmes for the unemployed in Germany. Based on propensity score matching methods, we extend the picture that has been sketched in previous studies by estimating the treatment effects of medium-term programmes for different skill and age groups. Our results indicate that programme participation has a positive impact on employment probabilities and earnings for almost all sub-groups. We find little evidence for the presence of heterogeneous treatment effects, and the magnitude of the differences is quite small. Our results thus - at least in part - conflict with the strategy to provide training increasingly to individuals with better employment prospects. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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Employment training Germany skilled labor labor market unemployment
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IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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