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Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle

Koenig, Felix; Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016

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How important is precautionary labor supply?

Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2016

We quantify the importance of precautionary labor supply using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2001-2012. We estimate dynamic labor supply equations augmented with a measure of wage risk. Our results show that married men choose about 2.5% of their hours of work or one week...

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How do regional labor markets adjust to immigration? : a dynamic analysis for post-war Germany

Braun, Sebastian; Weber, Henning - 2016

We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the …, similar in magnitude to the refugee inflow that Germany is experiencing today, also reduce native income losses markedly but …

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Labour market transitions and the persistence of unemployment : West Germany 1983-1992

Steiner, Viktor - 1994

Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have …-Economic Panel for West Germany covering the period 1983 to 1992. The focus of the study is on the importance of "negative duration …

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Wage and employment effects of immigration to Germany : an analysis based on local labor markets

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Velling, Johannes - 1994

We analyze the impact of increased immigration on labor market outcomes of natives in Germany using a dataset of county … effects are due to a response of native migration patterns. The initial settlement of immigrants in Germany is largely …

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Business start-ups by the unemployed : an econometric analysis based on firm data

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 1998

This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … 1995 and could be observed at least one year after their foundation in 4 regions of East and 11 regions of West Germany. In …

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Testing for state dependence effects in a dynamic model of male unemployment behaviour

Flaig, Gebhard; Licht, Georg; Steiner, Viktor - 1993

A dynamic random effects probit model is estimated on the first six waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to test for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood approach. In the model an individual's unemployment...

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Modelling heaping effects in unemployment duration models : with an application to retrospective event data in the German socio-economic panel

Kraus, Florian; Steiner, Viktor - 1995

Unemployment duration data derived from retrospective surveys often show an abnormal concentration of responses at certain durations. This common kind of measurement error is known as "heaping" in the statistical literature. Although heaping effects may lead to severe biases in estimated...

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German and the rest of euro area fiscal policy during the crisis

Gadatsch, Niklas; Hauzenberger, Klemens; Stähler, Nikolai - 2015

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … present-value multipliers for distinct fiscal instruments, and to assess how discretionary fiscal policy in Germany and the …-on-quarter GDP growth substantially, both in Germany and in the rest of the Euro Area. The main drivers of GDP growth in Europe …

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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

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