TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Rinne, Ulf
AU  - Schneider, Marc
AU  - Uhlendorff, Arne
        TI  - Too Bad to Benefit? Effect Heterogeneity of Public Training Programs
        PY  - 2007/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3240
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3240
        AB  - This study analyzes the treatment effects of public training programs for the unemployed in Germany. Based on propensity score matching methods we extend the picture that has been sketched in previous studies by estimating treatment effects of medium-term programs for different sub-groups with respect to vocational education and age. Our results indicate that program participation has a positive impact on employment probabilities for all sub-groups. Participants also seem to find more often higher paid jobs than non-participants. However, we find only little evidence for the presence of heterogeneous treatment effects, and the magnitude of the differences is quite small. Our results are thus – at least in part – conflicting with the strategy to increasingly provide training to individuals with better employment prospects.
        KW  - public training programs
KW  - active labor market policy
KW  - effect heterogeneity
KW  - program evaluation
KW  - matching
        ER  -