Jochen Kluve

Research Fellow

KfW Development Bank

jochen.kluve@kfw.de

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Jochen Kluve is Director of Evaluation at KfW Development Bank and Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Previously, he was Head of the Berlin Office and Head of the Labor Markets unit of RWI, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He studied economics in Heidelberg, Dublin and Amsterdam and completed his PhD at the University of Heidelberg. His research has been published in World Development, the Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Applied Econometrics, and Labour Economics, among others.

Jochen joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in March 2000 and became a Research Fellow in May 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16691

Volume, Risk, Complexity: What Makes Development Finance Projects Succeed or Fail?

Yota Eilers, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Langbein, Lennart Reiners

published online in: World Bank Economic Review, 4 February 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15978

The Micro and Macro Effects of Changes in the Potential Benefit Duration

Jonas Jessen, Robin Jessen, Ewa Galecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra, Jochen Kluve

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14340

The Effects of Shortening Potential Benefit Duration: Evidence from Regional Cut-Offs and a Policy Reform

Ewa Galecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra, Jonas Jessen, Robin Jessen, Jochen Kluve

updated version available as IZA DP 15978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12487

The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Informality in Low- and Middle Income Countries

Jonas Jessen, Jochen Kluve

revised version published in: World Development, 2021, 138, 105256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11039

Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from a Meta Analysis

Veronica Escudero, Jochen Kluve, Elva López Mourelo, Clemente Pignatti

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (12), 2644 - 2661

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10263

Do Youth Employment Programs Improve Labor Market Outcomes? A Systematic Review

Jochen Kluve, Olga Susana Puerto, David A. Robalino, Jose M. Romero, Friederike Rother, Jonathan Stöterau, Felix Weidenkaff, Marc J. Witte

published as 'Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? A quantitative review' in: World Development, 2019, 114, 237 - 253

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10201

Effects of the Bologna Reform on Educational Outcomes: Micro Evidence from Germany

Sabrina Hahm, Jochen Kluve

revised version published as 'Better with Bologna? Tertiary education reform and student outcomes' in: Education Economics, 2019, 27 (4), 425 - 559

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9236

What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations

David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (3), 894 - 931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9136

Experimental Evidence on the Long-Term Impacts of a Youth Training Program

Pablo Ibarrarán, Jochen Kluve, Laura Ripani, David Rosas Shady

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (1), 85-222

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8210

Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes among Youth? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rio de Janeiro

Carla Calero, Carlos Henrique Corseuil, Veronica Gonzales, Jochen Kluve, Yuri Soares

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 45, 131 - 142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8115

Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment: The Medium-Run Effects of Parental Benefits

Jochen Kluve, Sebastian Schmitz

revised version published as 'Back to Work: parental benefits and mothers' labor market outcomes in the medium-run' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2018, 71 (1), 143 - 173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6670

Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Program for Disadvantaged Youths

Christoph Ehlert, Jochen Kluve, Sandra Schaffner

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (2), 765-773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6565

Endogenous Exit Bias in Training Programs for Unemployed Workers

Jochen Kluve, Ulf Rinne, Arne Uhlendorff, Zhong Zhao

revised version published as 'The impact of training duration on employment outcomes: Evidence from LATE estimates' in: Economics Letters, 2013, 120 (3), 487-490

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6195

Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda

Gunther Bensch, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Peters

revised version published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2011, 3 (4), 567-588

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4500

Now Daddy's Changing Diapers and Mommy's Making Her Career: Evaluating a Generous Parental Leave Regulation Using a Natural Experiment

Jochen Kluve, Marcus Tamm

revised version published as 'Parental Leave Regulations, Mothers' Labor Force Attachment and Fathers' Childcare Involvement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 983-1005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4002

Active Labor Market Policy Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis

David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber

published in: The Economic Journal, 2010, 120, F452-F477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3875

Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany

Thomas K. Bauer, Jochen Kluve, Sandra Schaffner, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: German Economic Review, 2009, 10(2), 224-242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3255

Evaluating Continuous Training Programs Using the Generalized Propensity Score

Jochen Kluve, Hilmar Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff, Zhong Zhao

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2012, 175 (2), 587-617