Jirjahn, Uwe; Pfeifer, Christian; Tsertsvadze, Georgi - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 129 (2009) 1, pp. 37-82
The aim of the wage subsidy program in Hamburg is to encourage the creation of low wage jobs for unemployed persons with poor labor market opportunities. If a firm hires an unemployed job seeker, both the employer and the employee each receive a monthly wage subsidy of 250 Euros in the first ten...