Training programs are an important tool of active labor market policy in Germany as in many other countries. There exist different types of training programs, but also important heterogeneities within a given…
The paper simulates the impact of the proposed home care allowance for children of age 13- 36 months in Germany. We use the GSOEP to estimate a discrete choice model in which parents simultaneously decide on…
In most Western industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. If the productivity contributions of old workers are low, dealing with increasing shares of old employees could be decisive for the…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2010
Temporary Extra Jobs provide subsidized employment for welfare recipients and are the most frequently used welfare-to-work program in Germany. We evaluate the effects of participation in this program on the…
German family policy underwent a reform in 2007, when the new instrument of "Elterngeld" replaced the previous "Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the…
We evaluate the effect of an income support policy (subsidized employment) on the transition to non-subsidized employment in Belgium. To do so, we estimate a bivariate Mixed Proportional Hazard model on a panel…