Training the East German Labour Force

Microeconometric Evaluations of continuous Vocational Training after Unification

AvMichael Lechner

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

Del i serien Studies in Contemporary Economics

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-05-05
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:341 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Contemporary Economics
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783790810912

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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.