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Short training for welfare recipients in Germany: which types work?

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Purpose - Various types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training courses for welfare recipients and to detect which programme type works best with respect to different outcome indicators. Design/methodology/approach - The author measures the impact of six short training programmes on the participants. She uses propensity score matching and large‐scale administrative data to find suitable comparison groups. She compares treatment to non‐participation as well as participation in different training types directly. Findings - The results demonstrate that in‐firm training has large positive effects on individual employment prospects and stability. Furthermore, classroom skill training is more effective than other classroom types while application training is rather ineffective. Treating some of the application training participants with an alternative sub‐programme would improve the effectiveness. Research limitations/implications - The results show which training types work best. However, the results do not imply macro or cost‐benefit effects. Practical implications - Several of the short training courses, mostly occupation‐specific sub‐programmes, are short and relatively inexpensive options to activate welfare recipients. Originality/value - The paper analyses the effects of six short training programmes for welfare recipients that have not been analysed before. The sensitivity of the results is examined using a wide range of estimators and different outcomes.

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  • Eva Kopf, 2013. "Short training for welfare recipients in Germany: which types work?," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 34(5), pages 486-516, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijmpps:v:34:y:2013:i:5:p:486-516
    DOI: 10.1108/IJM-05-2013-0115
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    1. Zabel, Cordula, 2013. "Effects of participating in skill training and workfare on employment entries for lone mothers receiving means-tested benefits in Germany," IAB-Discussion Paper 201303, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    2. Katharina Dengler, 2019. "Effectiveness of sequences of classroom training for welfare recipients: what works best in West Germany?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(1), pages 1-46, January.
    3. Ulrike Unterhofer & Conny Wunsch, 2022. "Macroeconomic Effects of Active Labour Market Policies: A Novel Instrumental Variables Approach," Papers 2211.12437, arXiv.org.
    4. Daniel Goller & Tamara Harrer & Michael Lechner & Joachim Wolff, 2021. "Active labour market policies for the long-term unemployed: New evidence from causal machine learning," Papers 2106.10141, arXiv.org, revised May 2023.
    5. Kopečná Vědunka, 2016. "Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of the Project Internships for Young Job Seekers," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 10(2), pages 48-66, December.
    6. Zabel, Cordula, 2012. "Beschäftigungswirkung von Maßnahmen im SGB II: Alleinerziehende profitieren am meisten von Weiterbildung (Employment effects of activation policies for UB II recipients: Lone mothers benefit most from," IAB-Kurzbericht 201212, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    7. Kopf, Eva & Zabel, Cordula, 2014. "Active labour market programmes for women with a partner : challenge or replication of traditional gender roles," IAB-Discussion Paper 201406, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].

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