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Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer: Eine mikroökonometrische Evaluation der Arbeitslosengeldreform von 1997
Müller, Eva; Wilke, Ralf A.; Zahn, Philipp - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Im Jahr 1997 wurden die maximalen Anspruchsdauern auf Arbeitslosengeld für ältere Beschäftigte verkürzt. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen dieser Reform auf Übergänge von Beschäftigung in Arbeitslosigkeit und Verweildauern in Arbeitslosigkeit dieser Gruppe untersucht. Die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097939
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A macroeconomic model for the evaluation of labor market reforms
Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
We develop a tractable macroeconomic model with employment risk and labor market search in order evaluate the effects of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646450
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An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area? A comparison of different alternatives using micro data
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed and assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961632
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Unemployment Durations in West-Germany Before and After the Reform of the Unemployment Compensation System During the 1980s
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper empirically analyzes the distribution of unemployment durations in West- Germany before and after the changes during the mid 1980s in the maximum entitlement periods for unemployment benefits for elderly unemployed. The analysis is based on the comprehensive IAB employment subsample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097997
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Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer: Eine mikroökonometrische Evaluation der Arbeitslosengeldreform von 1997
Zahn, Philipp; Wilke, Ralf A.; Müller, Eva - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
unemployment and on unemployment duration of the older unemployed aged 54-56. This group lost a smooth early retirement path via …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098335
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Unemployment Duration and the Length of Entitlement Periods for Unemployment Benefits: Do the IAB Employment Subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel Yield the Same Results?
Biewen, Martin; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
. Estimation of standard duration models indicates that conclusions drawn from the IABS and the GSOEP differ in many cases. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098435
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Poland on the dole: unemployment benefits, training, and long-term unemployment during transition
Puhani, Patrick A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1996
We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994 …. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored … heterogeneity, we find that the probability of finding a job increases, especially for men, with the duration of unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615604
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Fixing the leak: unemployment incidence before and after the 2006 reform of unemployment benefits in Germany
Dlugosz, Stephan; Stephan, Gesine; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
From 2002-2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for older unemployed, which was effective during 2006 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474668
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Reform of Unemployment Compensation in Germany: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis Using Register Data
Lee, Sokbae; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
duration of unemployment. Empirical results for the reform of the unemployment compensation system in Germany during the 1980s … unemployment is not directly observed. For this reason we bound the reform effect on unemployment duration over different … parametric model assumptions. We identify a systematic increase in unemployment duration in response to the reform in samples …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097779
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New Estimates of the Duration and Risk of Unemployment for West-Germany
Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper analyzes changes in the risk of unemployment and changes in the distribution of unemployment duration for … length of unemployment duration. A large share of long term unemployment with only few exits to employment is observed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098197