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Nickel and Dimed German Style: The Working Poor in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
Using data from the German SOEP, this paper analyses whether there have been (a) any significant changes in poverty rates and poverty intensities before and after the Hartz IV reforms and (b) whether there have been observable changes in the effect of employment in reducing the threat or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265803
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Nickel and Dimed German Style: The Working Poor in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
Using data from the German SOEP, this paper analyses whether there have been (a) any significant changes in poverty rates and poverty intensities before and after the Hartz IV reforms and (b) whether there have been observable changes in the effect of employment in reducing the threat or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005024331
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Governmental policies to reduce unemployment during recessions: Insights from an ABM
Bauermann, Tom - 2020
the generosity of unemployment benefits (UB) and short-time work. This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical … unemployment benefits and increasing search efforts, b) a fiscal stimulus and c) short-time work. In contrast to other studies that … from the heterogeneity of agents. I find four main results: 1) a) has nearly no effect on unemployment in the short run and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216798
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It's a woman's world? Occupational structure and the rise of female employment in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Stepanyan, Gayane - 2020
We analyse whether the rise in female labour force participation in Germany over the last decades can be explained by technological progress increasing the demand for non-routine social and cognitive skills, traditionally attributed to women. We do so by examining which task groups and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012414828
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Technological progress, occupational structure and gender gaps in the German labour market
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle - 2022
We analyze if technological progress and the corresponding change in the occupational structure have improved the relative position of women in the labour market. We show that the share of women rises most strongly in non-routine cognitive and manual occupations, but declines in routine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332567
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Long-run patterns of labour market polarisation: Evidence from German micro data
Bachmann, Ronald; Cim, Merve; Green, Colin - 2018
stability and more likelihood of experiencing periods of unemployment. However, these negative effects of routine work appear to … be concentrated in increased employment to employment, and employment to unemployment transitions rather than longer … periods of unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855712
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When Does It Hurt? The Exchange Rate ""Pain Threshold"" for German Exports
Belke, Ansgar; Goecke, Matthias; Guenther, Martin - 2009
This paper deals with the impact of the $/Euro exchange rate on German exports in the period from 1995Q1 to 2008Q4. Our main aim is to identify pain thresholds for German exporters. We rely on a non-linear model according to which suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes of the EXR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265824
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The role of within-occupation task changes in wage development
Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Green, Colin; … - 2022
We examine how changes in task content over time condition occupational wage development. Using survey data from Germany, we document substantial heterogeneity in within-occupational changes in task content. Combining this evidence with administrative data on individual employment outcomes over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412989
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Labor Market Reforms and Current Account Imbalances - Beggar-thy-Neighbor Policies in a Currency Union?
Baas, Timo; Belke, Ansgar - 2014
Member countries of the European Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wideranging labor market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labor market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency union....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420995
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Labor Market Reforms and Current Account Imbalances - Beggar-thy-Neighbor Policies in a Currency Union?
Baas, Timo; Belke, Ansgar - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Member countries of the European Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wideranging labor market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labor market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency union....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934835