@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp236, author={Hujer, Reinhard and Caliendo, Marco}, title={Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates}, year={2000}, month={Dec}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={236}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp236}, abstract={Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical estimations of ALMP effects.}, keywords={evaluation;matching;difference-in-differences;Active labour market policy}, }