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Hartz IV and the decline of German unemployment : a macroeconomic evaluation
Hochmuth, Brigitte; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian; … - 2021
This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the “Hartz IV” reform, which reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We propose a model with different unemployment durations, where the reform initiates both a partial effect and an equilibrium...
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Public employment agency reform, matching efficiency, and German unemployment
Merkl, Christian; Sauerbier, Timo - 2023
Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the … restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … workers reduced unemployed by 0.8 percentage points. Through the lens of an aggregate matching function, more activation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247120
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in …
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