TY  - UNPD
A1  - Caliendo, Marco
A1  - Hujer, Reinhard
T1  - The microeconometric estimation of treatment effects : an overview
T2  - IZA Discussion Paper ; 1653
N2  - 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, 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. JEL Classification: J64, J24, I28, J68
KW  - evaluation
KW  - effect heterogeneity
KW  - matching
KW  - dynamic treatments
Y1  - 2005
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3165
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-22408
ER  -