. Polarization of employment demand is the more credible explanation for the more recent evolution. As in other developed economies …, for instance Germany and the United States, we show that institutions played a minor role in shaping changes in inequality. …

scant attention is that immigrants, as consumers of the goods they help produce, contribute to their own demand. We examine … the effects of an immigration shock on labor demand by testing a general equilibrium model in which imperfectly … substitution of immigrants for natives; (ii) out-migration; and (iii) stimulation of labor demand. According to (iii), native wages …

This article reviews empirical evidence on the early tracking system in Germany and the educational inequalities …

several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …

most other microsimulation tools. A demand module takes into account possible restrictions of labor demand and identifies …

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 …

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 …