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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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Labor Force Status Dynamics in the German Labor Market - Individual Heterogeneity and Cyclical Sensitivity
Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend …The aggregate average unemployment rate in a given country is essentially the result of individual workers' transitions … unemployment rates is more sensitive to cyclical behavior for certain demographic groups, specifically unskilled and young workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265772
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Labor Force Status Dynamics in the German Labor Market - Individual Heterogeneity and Cyclical Sensitivity
Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend …The aggregate average unemployment rate in a given country is essentially the result of individual workers' transitions … unemployment rates is more sensitive to cyclical behavior for certain demographic groups, specifically unskilled and young workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558459
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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson: Real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Schnabl, Gunther; … - 2015
We scrutinize the role of capital flows in competitiveness in a set of seven euroarea member countries (Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic) in the context of real convergence and crisis. A specific focus is on Greece. The paper extends the seminal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372079
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The German productivity paradox: Facts and explanations
Elstner, Steffen; Feld, Lars P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2018
Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902086
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Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2009
The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the context of real convergence. For this purpose it extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model by international capital markets. The augmented Balassa-Samuelson model is linked to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265796
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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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Current Account Balances and Structural Adjustment in the Euro Area
Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2010
In the past decade, a set of euro area countries has accumulated large current account deficits. After a brief relaxation of the euro area internal imbalances in the wake of the financial crisis, it appears as if this pattern arises anew when times normalize again and Germany still sticks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269989
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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