%0 Report
        %A Fitzenberger, Bernd
%A Osikominu, Aderonke
%A Völter, Robert
        %T Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
        %D 2006
        %8 2006 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 2121
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2121
        %X Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and often it is not possible to assess whether positive long-run effects exist. Based on unique administrative data, this paper estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the effects of training programs starting during 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 to 8 quarters of unemployment. The results show a negative lock-in effect for the period right after the beginning of the program and significantly positive treatment effects on employment rates in the medium- and long-run. The differential effects of the three programs compared to one another are mainly driven by differences in the length of the lock-in periods.
        %K administrative data
%K local linear matching
%K employment effects
%K training programs
%K multiple treatments
%K active labor market programs