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Table 3 Accumulated effects of a hiring subsidy on subsidized workers (S) compared to similar unsubsidized workers (U) and average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) during the 3.5 years after taking-up a job

From: Subsidized work before and after the German Hartz reforms: design of major schemes, evaluation results and lessons learnt

 

Men

Women

West Germany

S

U

ATT

S

U

ATT

Earnings (in 1000 Euro)

56.9

53.0

3.9**

46.6

44.4

2.2*

Employment (in days)

851

781

70**

872

808

63**

Observations

3060

86914

 

998

30488

 

East Germany

S

U

ATT

S

U

ATT

Earnings (in 1000 Euro)

48.7

43.8

4.9**

37.7

33.6

4.1**

Employment (in days)

906

790

115**

908

778

130**

Observations

3823

37003

 

1522

9926

 
  1. *) α = 0.05, **) α = 0.01.
  2. Source: Stephan ([2010a]), own computations.
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