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Training the East German Labour Force

Microeconometric Evaluations of continuous Vocational Training after Unification

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Michael Lechner

    1. Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary Economics (CONTEMPORARY)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Lechner
    Pages 1-18

  3. Estimates of the Effects of Training

    • Michael Lechner
    Pages 19-131

  4. Bounds for the Effects of Training

    • Michael Lechner
    Pages 132-189

  5. Conclusions and Outlook

    • Michael Lechner
    Pages 190-194

  6. References

    • Michael Lechner
    Pages 195-204

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 205-206
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After unification large amounts of money were spent to retrain the East Germany labour force in order to ease the transition to the new market economy. This book uses microeconometric methods and individual data to evaluate the impact of these training programmes on the participants' labour market situation. It discusses the appropriate evaluation methodology as well as the effectiveness of the actual programmes for the individual participants. The empirical results suggest that the public sector sponsored training programmes were fairly ineffective. In contrast, the training organized and paid by the enterprises caused considerable earnings growings.

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  • Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Michael Lechner

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