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Quantitative impact assessment of a regionally-oriented labour market programme in Germany

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In 1979 the German federal government introduced for the first time on a major scale a special employment programme that was limited to specific ‘problem regions’. Nearly 50,000 persons took part in the programme. The impact of the programme as a whole and the various programme parts on different regions and groups of unemployed were investigated. The programme's impact on unemployment was investigated by means of a time-series analysis and the impact on the employment level with different forecasting methods. In addition, cross-sectional analysis has been performed. The results of all models lead to the conclusion that the programme lowered the level of unemployment by about 0.3 percent.

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  1. Bundesforchungsanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumordnung, Bad Godesberg Am Michaelshof 8, D5300, Bonn 2, Federal Republic of Germany

    Aribert B. Peters

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Peters, A.B. Quantitative impact assessment of a regionally-oriented labour market programme in Germany. Papers of the Regional Science Association 52, 39–51 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944094

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