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 …

unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …

search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …

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 …

novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …

In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income during job search by taking up … incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging …

income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that … joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates by marital status, has a strong and highly significant impact on the … reservation/market wage ratio. Relative to single filers, this leads to strong negative labour supply incentives for secondary …