Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany?

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Authors

  • Florian Kraus
  • Patrick A. Puhani
  • Viktor Steiner

External Research Organisations

  • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch in Labor Economics
PublisherJAI Press
Pages275-313
Number of pages39
ISBN (print)0762306939, 9780762306930
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameResearch in Labor Economics
Volume19
ISSN (Print)0147-9121

Abstract

We analyze the effectiveness of public works programs (PWP, Arbeits-beschaffungsmaßnahmen) in Eastern Germany as measured by their effects on individual future re-employment probabilities in regular jobs. These are estimated by discrete hazard rate models on the basis of individual-level panel data. We account for unobserved individual heterogeneity in both the PWP participation and in the outcome equations. We also test for selection on unobservables. We find that public works programs seem to have no special targeting focus on disadvantaged groups in the labor market and that participants are, on average, worse off concerning their re-employment prospects in regular jobs than unemployed people who do not join such a program. A possible explanation for this result is that PWP participants search less intensively for a regular job while on such a program than unemployed non-participants.

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Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany? / Kraus, Florian; Puhani, Patrick A.; Steiner, Viktor.
Research in Labor Economics. JAI Press, 2000. p. 275-313 (Research in Labor Economics; Vol. 19).

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Kraus, F, Puhani, PA & Steiner, V 2000, Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany? in Research in Labor Economics. Research in Labor Economics, vol. 19, JAI Press, pp. 275-313.
Kraus, F., Puhani, P. A., & Steiner, V. (2000). Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany? In Research in Labor Economics (pp. 275-313). (Research in Labor Economics; Vol. 19). JAI Press.
Kraus F, Puhani PA, Steiner V. Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany? In Research in Labor Economics. JAI Press. 2000. p. 275-313. (Research in Labor Economics).
Kraus, Florian ; Puhani, Patrick A. ; Steiner, Viktor. / Do public works programs work in Eastern Germany?. Research in Labor Economics. JAI Press, 2000. pp. 275-313 (Research in Labor Economics).
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