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An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany.
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Lechner, Michael – Journal of Human Resources, 2000
Econometric estimates were used to determine the effects of publicly funded continuous vocational training and retraining in the former East Germany. Results suggest that, despite large public expenditures, no positive effects occurred in the first years after training. (SK)
Descriptors: Econometrics, Economic Change, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Training the East German Labour Force. Microeconometric Evaluations of Continuous Vocational Training after Unification. Studies in Contemporary Economics.
Lechner, Michael – 1998
This book presents empirical evaluations of the effects of different types of training programs in East Germany. Chapter 1 presents an overview of labor, the study objectives and results, and discussion of causality and the identification problem in evaluation studies. Chapter 2 examines point estimates of the effects of two types of continuous…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship