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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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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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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
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When Does It Hurt? The Exchange Rate "Pain Threshold" for German Exports
Belke, Ansgar; Goecke, Matthias; Guenther, Martin - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 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/10008509374
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Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities
Freise, Diana; Schmitz, Hendrik; Westphal, Matthias - 2022
We study the effect of unemployment on cognitive abilities among individuals aged between 50 and 65 in Europe. To this … unemployment, cognitive abilities only deteriorate marginally - the effects are insignificant both in statistical and economic … terms. We do, however, find significant effects of late-career unemployment on the likelihood to leave the labor force, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412992
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Young FSU Migrants in Germany: Educational Attainment and Early Labor Market Outcomes
Flake, Regina - 2013
This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319365
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The Effect of Self-assessed Job Security on the Demand for Medical Rehab
Augurzky, Boris; Reichert, Arndt; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010
identification strategy rests on an instrumental variable approach where the county unemployment rate and its relative change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269981