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Boss, Alfred; Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007 - December 2007 (this revised version)

Wir präsentieren einen Vorschlag für die Neuausrichtung der Arbeitslosenunterstützung in Deutschland: die Einführung … Beschäftigte laufend auf Ihre Beschäftigungskonten ein, von denen sie während der Arbeitslosigkeit Beträge abheben können. Werden …. Wir stellen detailliert dar, wie ein solches System von Beschäftigungskonten in Deutschland ausgestaltet und implementiert …

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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010 - October 2010 (this final and revised version)

This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We consider measures involving targeting workers with...

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An incentive theory of matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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Incentives and complementarities of flexicurity

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009

This paper analyses how and to which degree the Danish flexicurity concept and its various elements achieve the renowned Danish miracle by evaluating their unemployment and inequality effects and their complementarities. We develop a microfounded model of searching workers and firms, calibrate...

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East German unemployment : the myth of the irrelevant labor market

Merkl, Christian (contributor); … - 2008

This paper indicates that East Germany's unemployment originates primarily in the labor market, caused by the fast wage adjustment after German reunification. We model the resulting labor market traps in a search and matching framework, show that they are difficult to overcome, and provide...

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Escaping the unemployment trap : the case of East Germany

Merkl, Christian (contributor); … - 2008 - Rev. version

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment regions). We suggest that the...

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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives

Brown, Alessio J. G. (contributor); … - 2006

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...

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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives

Brown, Alessio J G; Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment; and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programmes. We argue that the heart of...

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How Labour Market Flexibility Affects Unemployment: Long-Term Implications of the Chain Reaction Theory

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper evaluates two theories of unemployment: the natural rate theory (whereby unemployment is depicted as fluctuating around a reasonably stable natural rate) and the chain reaction theory (which views movements in unemployment as the outcome of the interplay between labour market shocks...

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