Employment and Earnings Effects of Awarding Training Vouchers in Germany

Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; Paul, Marie; Strittmatter, Anthony

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2493009

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“…Regional variation in employment offices’ policy styles has been exploited to evaluate ALMP instruments in recent studies (Frölich and Lechner 2010; Lechner, Wunsch, and Scioch 2013; Boockmann, Thomsen, and Walter 2014; Doerr et al 2014; Markussen and Roed 2014; Dean, Pepper, Schmidt, and Stern 2015; Eppel 2017). In this study, agency-specific policy styles reflect the part of the program implementation that is solely due to local employment agencies’ unique features, which are independent from structural or economic specifics.…”

Section: Empirical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regional Discontinuities and the Effectiveness of Further Training Subsidies for Low-Skilled Employees

Dauth

2019

ILR Review

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The author analyzes the effects of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees on individual labor market outcomes in Germany. Using detailed administrative data, the author exploits cross-regional variation in the policy styles of local employment agencies to identify causal effects of program participation. Findings show that training subsidies significantly increase cumulative employment duration and earnings in the short run and middle run for compliers, that is, those workers who additionally participate due to a more generous policy style in their agency. These gains are particularly pronounced for certain subgroups, such as women. A rough cost-benefit analysis, however, suggests that the program overall is not beneficial for the public budget.

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Section: Empirical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unlike previous studies that exploit local autonomy for the identification of treatment effects, I cannot draw on survey data that capture concrete details on the local policy styles (Boockmann et al 2014; Doerr et al 2014). I can rely on qualitative evidence, however.…”

Section: Empirical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Discontinuities and the Effectiveness of Further Training Subsidies for Low-Skilled Employees

Dauth

2019

ILR Review

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“…3 See, e.g., Jacobi and Kluve (2007), Gorlitz and Tamm (2016) or Doerr et al (2017). 4 For overviews, see, McCall et al (2016), Tomini et al (2016), Strittmatter (2016.…”

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Shifting the Training Choice Decision to the Jobseeker—The Slovak Experience

Štefánik

2021

Labour

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We describe a reform in the allocation of training to unemployed jobseekers in Slovakia. Under the REPAS reform, unemployed jobseekers choose a specialization and training provider. This shift in responsibility from the caseworker to the client is comparable to the introduction of training vouchers under the German HARTZ I reform. Benefiting from research available on the German case, we first estimate the positive employment effects of training participation separately for the pre‐REPAS and REPAS periods. Second, we quantify and disaggregate the overall effect of the reform, which does not appear to be driven by a change in the composition of the participants. However, for at least one training specialization, this change does play a role in the short run. The overall reform effect is not channelled through the newly created segment of rare training specializations or high‐skilled participants.

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“…They find positive effects of the voucher on employment, measured 6 and 12 months after starting in the program. Also for Germany, Doerr et al (2014) estimate the average causal effect of the voucher on the employment probability and monthly earnings for individuals who were awarded a voucher. The authors find positive effects on employment and earnings after a lock-in period of four years.…”

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“…Although the literature has focused extensively on school vouchers (Angrist et al 2002;Bettinger, Kremer, and Saavedra, 2010;Epple and Romano, 1998;Figlio and Page 2002;Hanushek et al 2007;Hoxby 2003;Hsieh and Urquiola 2006; among others), less attention has been given to labor training vouchers (Doerr et al 2014;Rinne, Uhlendor, and Zhao, 2008). None of the papers on training vouchers offers evidence of the effects of labor training vouchers in developing countries.…”

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Training Vouchers and Labor Market Outcomes in Chile

Novella,

Kaplan,

Vazquez

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This paper evaluates the impact of the Bono Trabajador Activo, a training voucher program in Chile, on workers' labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative datasets of the National Employment Service and the Unemployment Insurance System, we apply difference-in-difference and IV estimators to measure these effects. Our main results indicate that the voucher program has an overall negative impact on employment and earnings, particularly among individuals who expect to change economic sector. In contrast, we find that the program improves labor outcomes for females, particularly for those with lower education. The voucher program also improves employment duration and mobility across economic sectors.

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Employment and Earnings Effects of Awarding Training Vouchers in Germany

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Regional Discontinuities and the Effectiveness of Further Training Subsidies for Low-Skilled Employees

Regional Discontinuities and the Effectiveness of Further Training Subsidies for Low-Skilled Employees

Shifting the Training Choice Decision to the Jobseeker—The Slovak Experience

Training Vouchers and Labor Market Outcomes in Chile

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