Sectoral Heterogeneity in the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany

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Autoren

  • Marco Caliendo
  • Reinhard Hujer
  • Stephan L. Thomsen

Externe Organisationen

  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (DIW Berlin)
  • Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
  • Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) Mannheim
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)139-179
Seitenumfang41
FachzeitschriftJahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
Jahrgang226
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2006
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

Job creation schemes (JCS) have been one important programme of active labour market policy (ALMP) in Germany for a long time. They aim at the re-integration of hard-to-place unemployed individuals into regular employment. A thorough microeconometric evaluation of these programmes was hindered by the fact, that available survey datasets have been too small to account for a possible occurrence of effect heterogeneity. However, identifying effect heterogeneity can help to improve the design and implementation of future programmes. Hence, we use administrative data of the Federal Employment Agency, containing over 11,000 participants to analyse the employment effects of JCS on an individual level. We focus explicitly on effect heterogeneity caused by differences in the implementation of programmes, whereas we analysed these effects with respect to group-specific and regional heterogeneity in a previous paper. At first, we evaluate the effects with respect to the economic sector in which the JCS are accomplished. Second, we analyse if different types of support lead to different effects. Finally, we examine if there are varying effects which can be attributed to different implementing institutions. The results are rather discouraging and show that JCS are in general not able to improve the re-integration chances of participants into regular employment.

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Sectoral Heterogeneity in the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany. / Caliendo, Marco; Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.
in: Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik, Jahrgang 226, Nr. 2, 2006, S. 139-179.

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Caliendo M, Hujer R, Thomsen SL. Sectoral Heterogeneity in the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany. Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 2006;226(2):139-179. doi: 10.1515/jbnst-2006-0203
Caliendo, Marco ; Hujer, Reinhard ; Thomsen, Stephan L. / Sectoral Heterogeneity in the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany. in: Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 2006 ; Jahrgang 226, Nr. 2. S. 139-179.
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