TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bergemann, Annette
AU  - Fitzenberger, Bernd
AU  - Speckesser, Stefan
        TI  - Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
        PY  - 2005/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1848
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1848
        AB  - This study analyzes the employment effects of training in East Germany. We propose and apply an extension of the widely used conditional difference-in-differences evaluation method. Focusing on transition rates between nonemployment and employment we take into account that employment is a state dependent process. Our results indicate that using transition rates is more appropriate and informative than using unconditional employment rates as commonly done in the literature. Training as a first participation in a program of Active Labor Market Policies shows zero to small positive effects both on reemployment probabilities and on probabilities of remaining employed with notable variation over the different start dates of the program.
        KW  - conditional difference-in-differences
KW  - employment dynamics
KW  - evaluation of active labor market policy in East Germany
KW  - nonparametric matching
KW  - Ashenfelter's Dip
KW  - bootstrap
        ER  -