Identifying effect heterogeneity to improve the efficiency of job creation schemes in Germany

verfasst von

Marco Caliendo, Reinhard Hujer, Stephan L. Thomsen

Abstract

Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes (JCS) in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating individuals are negative. However, we find that this is not true for all strata of the population. Identifying individual characteristics that are responsible for the effect heterogeneity and using this information for a better allocation of individuals therefore bears some scope for improving programme efficiency. We present several stratification strategies and discuss the occurring effect heterogeneity. Our findings show that JCS do neither harm nor improve the labour market chances for most of the groups. Exceptions are long-term unemployed men in West and long-term unemployed women in East and West Germany who benefit from participation in terms of higher employment rates.

Externe Organisation(en)

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) Mannheim

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Applied economics

Band

40

Seiten

1101-1122

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

0003-6846

Publikationsdatum

11.04.2011

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500438897 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/document/23928/1/ssoar-appecon-2008-09-caliendo_et_al-identifying_effect_heterogeneity_to_improve.pdf (Zugang: Offen)