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Vermittlerstrategien und Arbeitsmarkterfolg: Evidenz aus kombinierten Prozess- und Befragungsdaten (Caseworkers’ strategies and clients’ labor market outcomes: evidence from linked administrative and survey data)

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In spite of extensive regulations, Germany’s job offices and their caseworkers have substantial discretion in implementing labor market policies. Based on the analysis of combined survey and administrative data, this study compares the effectiveness of different strategies aimed at re-integrating job seekers in the unemployment insurance system (Social Code III) into regular employment. The data merger is an innovative contribution of our paper, since it is done for the first time for German data. Most of the estimated treatment effects are moderate in size and statistically significant only for parts of the unemployment duration. We find that caseworkers who emphasize rapid integration into work as their primary goal tend to achieve better results for their clients than caseworkers who consider other goals important. While the willingness to impose sanctions weakly significantly increases the probability to leave unemployment, it does not have a positive impact on the probability to find employment. Furthermore, frequent contacts between caseworker and job seeker tend to have positive effects in terms of exit from unemployment. Finally, caseworkers who consider internal regulations important when they allocate job seekers to programs of ALMP tend to achieve better integration outcomes at the beginning of clients’ unemployment spells. Zusammenfassung: Trotz eines umfangreichen Regelwerks verbleiben den Agenturen für Arbeit und ihren Vermittlerinnen und Vermittlern erhebliche Gestaltungsspielräume bei der Umsetzung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. In dieser Studie untersuchen wir anhand von kombinierten Befragungs- und Prozessdaten, welche Strategien und Ansätze am wirkungsvollsten für die Integration von Arbeitslosen im Rechtskreis der Arbeitslosenversicherung (SGB III) sind. Die dazu erforderliche Datenverknüpfung wird erstmals für Deutschland vorgenommen. Die meisten Effekte sind in der Größenordnung recht gering und nur für Teilzeiträume statistisch signifikant. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Vermittler, die die schnelle Vermittlung als wichtigstes Ziel sehen, tendenziell bessere Integrationsergebnisse erzielen als Vermittler, die andere Zielsetzungen für wichtiger halten. Die Bereitschaft zur Nutzung von Sperrzeiten wirkt sich schwach signifikant positiv auf den Abgang aus Arbeitslosigkeit aus, nicht jedoch auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit, eine Beschäftigung aufzunehmen. Häufigere Kontakte zwischen Vermittlern und Arbeitslosen haben tendenziell eine positive Wirkung auf den Abgang aus der Arbeitslosigkeit. Wird internen Weisungen bei der Vergabe von Maßnahmen innerhalb der Agenturen ein höherer Stellenwert gegenüber anderen Kriterien eingeräumt, verbessern sich die Integrationschancen der Betreuten zu Beginn der Arbeitslosigkeit.

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  • Bernhard Boockmann & Christopher Osiander & Michael Stops, 2014. "Vermittlerstrategien und Arbeitsmarkterfolg: Evidenz aus kombinierten Prozess- und Befragungsdaten (Caseworkers’ strategies and clients’ labor market outcomes: evidence from linked administrative and ," IAW Discussion Papers 102, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW).
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    Arbeitsvermittler; Arbeitslosigkeit; Integration; Bundesagentur für Arbeit; SGB III; Treatment-Effekte;
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    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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