workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post{unemployment earnings in West Germany. For … the unemployment duration, we estimate censored Box{Cox quantile regression, which is robust with respect to the … the length of benefit entitlement is only of minor importance for the duration of search unemployment and for post …

estimates the unemployment rate that is compatible with a tolerable inflation rate of say 2 percent following roughly the … compatible with 2 percent inflation in Germany is currently around 7 percent if the definition of unemployment follows the …