Creating employment or keeping them busy?

Abstract

"We analyze the effect of participation in short-term training measures on older German recipients of meanstested unemployment benefits. Our analysis uses administrative data of the German Federal Employment Agency and we estimate the effects of participating in two types of short-term training - classroom and in-firm training - on different outcomes of the participants. Our results show that classroom training is not effective in making participants independent of benefit receipt. It has a moderately positive effect on employment outcomes, which are highest for West German men. In contrast, in-firm training significantly raises the participants' likelihood of finding regular jobs and of being independent of unemployment benefit receipt." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Romeu Gordo, L. & Wolff, J. (2010): Creating employment or keeping them busy? An evaluation of training programs for older workers in Germany. (Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. Diskussionspapier 49), Berlin, 22 p.