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The dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Germany : state dependence before and after the "Hartz reforms"
Königs, Sebastian - 2014
In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … persistence rates and the absolute level of structural state dependence are higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250101
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716521
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Before and after the Hartz reforms : the performance of active labour market policy in Germany
Jacobi, Lena (contributor); Kluve, Jochen (contributor) - 2006
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314669
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Did the Hartz reforms speed-up job creation? : A macro-evaluation using empirical matching functions
Fahr, René (contributor); Sunde, Uwe (contributor) - 2006
Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502681
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The new role of temporary agency work in Germany
Spermann, Alexander - 2011
-called Hartz reforms in Germany. The new role of agency work emerges from its enormous growth after deregulation, the intense use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523532
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The effect of the Hartz labor market reforms on post-unemployment wages, sorting, and matching
Woodcock, Simon D. - 2020
We use linked longitudinal data on employers and employees to estimate how the 2003-2005 Hartz reforms affected the wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage effects into components attributable to selection on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228177
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The fall in German unemployment : a flow analysis
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Launov, Andrey; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2018
participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821427
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Hartz IV and the decline of German unemployment : a macroeconomic evaluation
Hochmuth, Brigitte; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian; … - 2019
This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997295
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Public employment agency reform, matching efficiency, and German unemployment
Merkl, Christian; Sauerbier, Timo - 2022
restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline of unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454807
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Workfare : eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn
Bonin, Holger (contributor); Schneider, Hilmar (contributor) - 2006
In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003489050