The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

24 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2011

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Annette Bergemann

University of Bristol - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation

Marco Caliendo

University of Potsdam; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Gerard J. van den Berg

University of Groningen; VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Tinbergen Institute

Klaus F. Zimmermann

Global Labor Organization (GLO); UNU-MERIT; Maastricht University, Department of Economics; Free University Berlin; University of Bonn; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Journal of Population Economics

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Date Written: February 1, 2011

Abstract

Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or search intensity, to each other. We compare German native workers with migrants with a Turkish origin or Central and Eastern European (including Russian) background. Job search theory is used to derive theoretical predictions. We examine the omnibus ex ante effect of the German ALMP system, using the novel IZA Evaluation Data Set, which includes self-reported assessments of the variables of interest as well as an unusually detailed amount of information on behavior, attitudes and past outcomes. We find that the ex ante threat effect on the reservation wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered.

Keywords: immigrants, policy evaluation, reservation wage, search effort, expectations, unemployment duration, program evaluation, active labor market policy

JEL Classification: J64, J61, C21, D83, D84

Suggested Citation

Bergemann, Annette and Caliendo, Marco and van den Berg, Gerard J. and Zimmermann, Klaus F., The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany (February 1, 2011). IZA Discussion Paper No. 5485, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1765650 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1765650

Annette Bergemann (Contact Author)

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