1. Which Active Labor Market Policies Work for Male Refugees? Evidence from Germany.
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KASRIN, ZEIN and TÜBBICKE, STEFAN
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VOCATIONAL education , *COMMUNICATIVE competence , *SOCIAL security , *EFFECT sizes (Statistics) , *GOVERNMENT policy , *UNEMPLOYMENT insurance , *INCOME , *PSYCHOLOGY of refugees , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *EMPIRICAL research , *STATISTICAL sampling , *PSYCHOLOGY of men , *QUANTITATIVE research , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *LABOR market , *GOVERNMENT programs , *PUBLIC welfare , *COMPARATIVE studies , *EMPLOYMENT , *SELF-employment - Abstract
In this paper, we estimate the causal effects of a set of active labor market programs for male unemployed refugees on welfare who entered Germany between, 2013 and September, 2016. Using rich administrative data, we employ covariate balancing propensity scores combined with inverse probability weighting to estimate effects up to 33 months after the start of treatment. Our results show that relatively short-term training in the form of Schemes by Providers and In-Firm Training, as well as longer-term Further Vocational Training programs have a positive impact on both the employment chances as well as labor market earnings of refugees in the medium run. So-called "One Euro Jobs", a public employment program, does not yield positive effects on employment or earnings. Sensitivity analyses confirm that our results are unlikely to be driven by unobserved confounding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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