TY  - RPRT
A1  - Hujer, Reinhard
A1  - Thomsen, Stephan L.
A1  - Zeiss, Christopher
T1  - The effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany
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  - vocational training
KW  - programme evaluation
KW  - duration analysis
KW  - treatment effect
Y1  - 2005
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3166
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-22396
IS  - August 11, 2005
ER  -