compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated …

positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …

, training measures and financial incentives for business start-ups. It is essential to increase incentives, intensify …

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …

labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on …