Training the East German Labour Force
Microeconometric Evaluations of continuous Vocational Training after Unification
Published on 5. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 204 pages
978-3-7908-1091-2 (ISBN)
Description
After unification large amounts of money were spent to retrain the East Germany labour force in order to ease the transition to the new market economy. This book uses microeconometric methods and individual data to evaluate the impact of these training programmes on the participants' labour market situation. It discusses the appropriate evaluation methodology as well as the effectiveness of the actual programmes for the individual participants. The empirical results suggest that the public sector sponsored training programmes were fairly ineffective. In contrast, the training organized and paid by the enterprises caused considerable earnings growings.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
X, 204 p. 14 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7908-1091-2 (9783790810912)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-59009-2
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Michael Lechner
Training the East German Labour Force
Microeconometric Evaluations of continuous Vocational Training after Unification
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12/2012
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Content
I Introduction.- I.1 About the Topic.- I.2 Labour Markets in East Germany After Unification.- I.3 Contents and Summary of the Results.- I.4 Causality and the Identification Problem in Evaluation Studies.- II Estimates of the Effects of Training.- II.1 Public-Sector-Sponsored Training.- II.2 Enterprise-Related Training.- Appendix II.A: Data.- Appendix II.B: Econometrics.- Appendix II.C: Specification Tests for the Partial Propensity Score.- Appendix II.D: Additional Evaluation Results.- III Bounds for the Effects of Training.- III.1 Introduction.- III.2 Identification of the Causal Effects of Training.- III.3 Data.- III.4 Estimation of the Bounds on the Causal Effects of Training.- III.5 Results.- III.6 Conclusion and Outlook.- Appendix III.A: Econometrics.- Appendix III.B: Results for Off-The-Job Training Versus No Training.- Appendix III.C: Results for On-The-Job Training Versus Off-The-Job Training.- Appendix III.D: Additional Results for On-The-Job-Training Versus No Training (Women Only).- IV Conclusions and Outlook.- V References.