expectations and wages, and a significantly positive relationship between optimistic bias in job finding expectations and … search and matching model of the labor market. Removing the biases could substantially increase wages and expected lifetime … income in East Germany. The bias difference in labor market expectations explains part of the East-West German wage gap. …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and … exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental variable estimation. In our sample of recent immigrants, linear …

fare worse than similar workers from other sectors. Finally, self-reported reservation wages are found to respond strongly …

The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …

recipients to stay unemployed. Empirical evidence about the effects of UI sanctions in Germany is sparse. Using administrative … data we investigate the effects of sanctions on the reemployment probability in West Germany for individuals who entered UI …

aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the effects of a … effort ; matching model ; structural estimation ; Semi-Markov process …