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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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Beyond Okun's Law : Output Growth and Labor Market Flows
Lim, Guay C. - 2019
This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870857
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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates
Dixon, Robert John - 2014
interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states – employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051614
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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates
Dixon, Robert John - 2014
interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states – employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drives the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052323
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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates
Dixon, Robert John - 2014
interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states - employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052699
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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates
Dixon, Robert John; Lim, Guay C.; van Ours, Jan C. - 2014
interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market … performance. Our analysis has two special features. First, apart from the two labour market states - employment and unemployment … that a shock to the net flow from unemployment to employment drive the unemployment rate and the participation rate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145426
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Does the Recent Success of Some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates Lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms?
Belot, Michèle; van Ours, Jan C. - 2000
unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270412
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Beyond Okun's Law: Output Growth and Labor Market Flows
Lim, Guay C.; Dixon, Robert J.; van Ours, Jan C. - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114749
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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/10011873622