DO GERMAN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMMES REDUCE WELFARE AND INCREASE WORK? (2009)
Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three...
Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany (2009)
Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to...
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and employment programmes that have been conducted 2000-2002 after the first large reform...
Optimal Use of Labour Market Policies (2007)
Labour market policies for the unemployed combine passive income support with active measures that aim at improving jobseekers' employment prospects. This paper extends the theoretical framework...
Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
We analyse the effects of government-sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Labour Market Policy in Germany: Institutions, Instruments and Reforms since Unification (2006)
Almost 15 years after Unification in 1990, Germany is still struggling with the economic consequences of this event. Although the East German economy has made considerable progress since its...
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take off (2006)
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High? (2006)
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since...
We reconsider the evidence of Lechner, Miquel and Wunsch (2004, 2005) on the effectiveness of training programmes for the unemployed conducted in East and West Germany in the period 1993-1994 by...
Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany (2005)
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Stefan Bender, Anette Bergemann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Stefan Speckesser, ...
Erfolgreiche Weiterbildung: Wenn die Sperre nicht mehr wirkt (2005)
Stefan Bender, Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
Der Beitrag berichtet über eine empirische Analyse einer Version der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe, die um Zeiten der Fortbildung und Umschulung angereichert wurde. Die betrachteten Personen hatten...
Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany (2004)
Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Die FuU-Teilnehmer-Datei 1976-1997 (2002)
Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch, Michael Lechner
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Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
We analyse the effects of government-sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Long run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6bn euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new administrative...
Labour Market Policy in Germany: Institutions, Instruments and Reforms since Unification
Almost 15 years after Unification in 1990, Germany is still struggling with the economic consequences of this event. Although the East German economy has made considerable progress since its...
Long-run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany
Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a tenyear period. Since...
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since...
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Long-run effects of public sector sponsored training in West Germany
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
"Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
"We analyse the effects of public sector sponsored training for the unemployed in the transition process in East Germany. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
We analyse the effects of government sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
"We reconsider the evidence of Lechner, Miquel and Wunsch (2004, 2005) on the effectiveness of training programmes for the unemployed conducted in East and West Germany in the period 1993-1994 by...
Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to take off
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and employment programmes that have been conducted 2000-2002 after the first large reform...
Optimal Use of Labour Market Policies
Labour market policies for the unemployed combine passive income support with active measures that aim at improving jobseekers' employment prospects. This paper extends the theoretical framework...
Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
We analyse the effects of government-sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Active labour market policy in East Germany : waiting for the economy to take off
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
"We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labour market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since...
Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and employment programmes that have been conducted 2000 - 2002 after the first large reform...
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and employment programmes that have been conducted 2000-2002 after the first large reform...
We provide new evidence on the effectiveness of West German labour market programmes by evaluating training and employment programmes that have been conducted 2000-2002 after the first large reform...
Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?
Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
"We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since...
Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany
Lechner, Michael, Miquel, Ruth, Wunsch, Conny
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new...
Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch
We analyse the effects of government sponsored training for the unemployed conducted during East German transition. For the microeconometric analysis, we use a new, large and informative...
Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
Huber, Martin, Lechner, Michael, Walter, Thomas, Wunsch, Conny
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three...
Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch, Thomas Walter
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three...
Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
Huber, Martin, Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny, Walter, Thomas
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three...
Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to...
Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin, Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to...
Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin, Lechner, Michael, Wunsch, Conny
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to...
Active labour market policy in East Germany
We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative...
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?
We estimate short-run, medium-run, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for the unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a 10-year period....