The effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany

verfasst von

Reinhard Hujer, Stephan L. Thomsen, Christopher Zeiss

Abstract

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 ¹, 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.

Externe Organisation(en)

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) Mannheim

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv

Band

90

Seiten

299-321

Anzahl der Seiten

23

ISSN

0002-6018

Publikationsdatum

06.2006

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Statistik und Wahrscheinlichkeit

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-006-0235-z (Zugang: Geschlossen)
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/20352/1/dp1117.pdf (Zugang: Offen)