| An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt (2002) | |||||||||||||
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| Not available in German. In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment after unification. This paper evaluates the effects for participants in public employment programmes (PEPs), that are an important part of ALMPs. It focuses on individual unemployment probabilities. By concentrating on the state of Sachsen-Anhalt, the econometric analysis can use a new and large panel, the Arbeitsmarktmonitor Sachsen-Anhalt. We aim at nonparametric identification of the effects of PEPs by combining the use of compairison groups with differencing over time to correct for selection effects. Our results indicate that PEP participation reduces the unemployment risk of the participants. Previous versions: Eichler, M. and M. Lechner (1998), An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt, discussion paper 9815, Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen. Eichler, M. and M. Lechner (1998), An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt, Beiträge zur angewandten Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Mannheim, 560-98. Download Discussion Paper: (pdf, 517 kb) Discussion Paper Download Revised Version of Discussion paper (Oct. 99): (pdf, 278 kb) Download Revised Version of Discussion paper (2nd Revision, Sept. 2000): (pdf, 287 kb) | |||||||||||||
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