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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...
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in Germany. Our findings are consistent with a stable demand for labor, especially in western Germany, implying that …
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Eastern Germany's recovery from the unification shockʺ has been characterized by deep structural change with apparent …
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Vor dem Hintergrund der weltweiten Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise fordern prominente Ökonomen zum Kurshalten in der deutschen Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik auf. Die Experten legen einen Katalog mit Handlungsempfehlungen vor, der unter anderem die Korrektur falscher Erwerbsanreize...
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East-West migration in Germany peaked at the beginning of the 90s although the average wage gap between Eastern and … Western Germany continues to average about 25%. We analyze the propensity to migrate using microdata from the German …
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Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment … traditional government-sponsored short-time work. -- unemployment ; Germany ; Great Recession ; short time work ; working time …
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A quarter-century after reunification, labor productivity in eastern Germany continues to lag systematically behind the …, capital intensity in eastern Germany, especially in industry, has overshot values in the West, casting doubt on the embodied …
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