In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … persistence rates and the absolute level of structural state dependence are higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany. I …

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment …

on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …

, seems to be a good example for a successful labour market reform. Nevertheless, there are concerns about rising inequality …

markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …

As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working …

reform: Germany needs high-skilled immigrants to cope with demographic change and skilled labor shortages. A selection system …This strategy paper by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) shows ways in which Germany once more can attain full … labor market development in the right direction. The reforms are one of the main reasons why Germany has been more resistant …

optimal timing of a reform depends on the relative importance of several conflicting effects, it seems clear that a reform … should be accompanied by an expansionary macroeconomic policy. This makes structural reform more problematic in the context …