Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24520 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 06-065
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes the effects of these programs on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany. By applying a multivariate mixed proportional hazards model, we are able to consider information of the timing of treatment in the unemployment spell as well as observable and unobservable factors to control for selectivity. Moreover, we allow treatment effects to vary over time and take account of heterogeneity in the effects due to individual differences.
Subjects: 
Training Measures
Active Labor Market Policy
West Germany
Multivariate Mixed Proportional Hazards
Time-Varying Treatment Effects
JEL: 
J64
C41
I28
J24
C14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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