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The German labor market miracle, 2003-2015 : an assessment
Burda, Michael C. - 2016
This paper reviews the dramatic and widely noted developments in the German labor market in the past decade and surveys the most plausible reasons for these changes. Alternative hypotheses are compared and contrasted. I argue that the labor market reforms associated with the Agenda 2010 – the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437903
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No role for the Hartz reforms? : demand and supply factors in the German labor market, 1993-2014
Burda, Michael C.; Seele, Stefanie - 2016
The supply and demand framework of Katz and Murphy (1992) provides new evidence on the source of changes in socially insured full-time and part-time employment in years preceding and following the implementation of the landmark Hartz reforms in Germany. Our findings are consistent with a stable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437993
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Das deutsche Arbeitsmarktwunder : eine Bilanz
Burda, Michael C.; Seele, Stefanie - 2017
Dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt ging es noch nie seit der Wiedervereinigung so gut wie heute. Die nachhaltige Entwicklung seit 2005 ist auf zwei entscheidende Treiber zurückzuführen: die Umverteilung eines beinahe gleichbleibenden Arbeitsstundenvolumens auf mehr Beschäftigte und die massive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763643
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Das deutsche Arbeitsmarktwunder : eine Bilanz
Burda, Michael C.; Seele, Stefanie - 2017
Dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt ging es noch nie seit der Wiedervereinigung so gut wie heute. Die nachhaltige Entwicklung seit 2005 ist auf zwei entscheidende Treiber zurückzuführen: die Umverteilung eines beinahe gleichbleibenden Arbeitsstundenvolumens auf mehr Beschäftigte und die massive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710566
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New Technologies and Jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Silva, António Dias da; Jimeno, Juan F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and software in 16 European countries over the period 2011- 2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find that on average employment shares have increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322745
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The wage curve after the Great Recession
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Spurling, Jackson - 2022
Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States (and elsewhere) is 'tight' because unemployment … rates are low and the Beveridge Curve (the vacancies-to-unemployment ratio) is high. They infer from this that there is … stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage formation in the USA and hasn't been since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342929
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Youth unemployment in Greece : measuring the challenge
Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 1, pp. 1-25
A historically high level of youth unemployment presents Greece with a huge social and economic challenge. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533317
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What should be done about rising unemployment in the UK?
Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2009
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817753
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Accounting for Changes in the Spanish Wage Distribution : The Role of Employment Composition Effects
Carrasco, Raquel - 2011
Despite a rapid decrease in unemployment and strong GDP and employment growth, real wages barely increased in Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120495
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What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the UK?
Bell, David N.F. - 2009
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764644