. Fewer than two decades ago, Germany boasted an average unemployment rate of under 1% and imported labor to relieve chronic …, after reviewing institutional details of the labor market in Germany, we identify various impediments to the kinds of …

This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany …

-message-based survey of unemployed workers in Germany. We surveyed 6,800 UI recipients twice a week for 4 months about their job search …

for women is scarce. Using administrative data from Germany, we apply an event study design in combination with propensity …

Based on administrative data from the federal employment services in Germany, this paper applies statistical matching …

States, Canada, Germany, and several other OECD countries during and after the Great Recession of 2008-09. Unemployment rates … did not change substantially in Germany, increased and remained at relatively high levels in the United States, and … increased moderately in Canada. More recent data also show that, unlike Germany and Canada, the U.S. unemployment rate remains …