The Effectiveness of Public-Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie
• 署名单位: Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Leibniz Association; DIW Berlin - Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung; University of Freiburg; Leibniz Association; Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW); University Hohenheim; University of Duisburg Essen
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/677233
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 837-897
• 关键词: labor-market policy; propensity-score; east-germany; sample properties; PROGRAMS; IMPACT; earnings; benefits; COSTS

摘要

This article revisits the effectiveness of public-sponsored training programs for Germany accounting for dynamic selection into heterogeneous programs. We carefully assess to what extent various aspects of our empirical strategy, such as conditioning flexibly on employment and benefit histories, the availability of rich data, handling of later program participations, and further methodological choices affect our estimates. Our results imply pronounced negative lock-in effects in the short run and positive medium-run effects on employment and earnings when job-seekers enroll after having been unemployed for some time. We find that data and specification issues can have a large effect.