Training Measures in the Context of ┐Rights and Duties┐ Strategies : A Comment

Abstract

Training measures are among the most frequently employed instruments of labour market policy. In the context of impact research according to paragraph 6c of Social Code II (SGB II), it was found that significant effects of training measures can be expected regarding the improvement of employment perspectives. The author deals with the question, as excluded from continuous SGB II impact research, of the effects' reasons, and investigates the different effects of various types of measures, the intentions of the allocation of measures, the process of allocation, and the effects of the announcement of training measures. She finds that already the intention by which labourers employ non-firm-specific training measures is less aimed at direct integration than is the case with firm-related measures. Non-firm-related training measures, in her opinion, therefore should take place at an early stage. There is also evidence that non-firm-related training measures can be employed as a means of obligating participants to make an effort by themselves. 'In this realm, however, policy should operate cautiously and under no circumstances on a national level, since otherwise there is a danger of a crowding-out from the reception of social assistance in the short run'. (IAB)

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Koch, S. (2009): Trainingsmaßnahmen im Kontext der Strategien des Förderns und/oder Forderns. Kommentar. In: J. Lange (Hrsg.) (2009): SGB II : die Lehren aus der Evaluationsforschung nach § 6c (Loccumer Protokolle, 2009,09), p. 275-282.