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Employment responses to the COVID-19 crisis differed widely across German local labour markets at the beginning of the pandemic, with differences in short-time work rates of up to 20 percentage points. We show that digital capital, and to a lesser extent working-from-home, were essential for the...
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The present research provides evidence on the determinants driving the differences in the unemployment-output relationship in Spanish regions. We followed a two-step approach. First, we estimated a set of time-varying Okun’s coefficients (rolling-window) for the autonomous communities in Spain...
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Official statistics indicated a break in Okun's law in all the Spanish regions due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, herein, evidence of the validity of the law is shown. The temporary layoff procedures (ERTE) allowed many workers to maintain their jobs. From the productive point of view, the...
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Using comprehensive data for German establishments (1999-2008), we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if “cultural diversity†affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment’s workforce and in the aggregate regional labor force...
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The relationship between the labor force participation and the business cycle has become a topic in the economic literature. However, few studies have considered whether the cyclical sensitivity of the labor force participation is influenced by “social effects”. In this paper, we construct a...
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Using comprehensive data for German establishments (1999-2008), we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if 'cultural diversity' affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and in the aggregate regional labor force where the plant...
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Gegenwärtig werden viele Vorschläge diskutiert, das Arbeitslosengeld II (»Hartz IV«) zu reformieren: Die Bezugsdauer des Arbeitslosengeldes I könnte verlängert werden, man könnte die Zuverdienstmöglichkeiten ausweiten oder Hartz IV sogar komplett durch ein Bürgergeld ersetzen. Wie sind...
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Im Auftrag der Unabhängigen Kommission »Zuwanderung« des Bundesministeriums des Inneren schätzte das ifo Institut den Fachkräftebedarf in Deutschland bis zum Jahr 2015. Im Rahmen einer Status-quo-Projektion wurden zu erwartende Mismatchsituationen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt aufgezeigt und...
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Zum 1. Januar dieses Jahres wurde mit dem in Kraft getretenen so genannten Job-AQTIV-Gesetz das Arbeitsförderungsrecht reformiert. Gerd Andres, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, stellt in seinem Beitrag die Prinzipien des Reformprojektes vor. Dr. Stephan Articus, Deutscher Städtetag,...
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