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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects are hard to identify without model assumptions. We develop a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job-search behavioral outcomes, like the reservation wage,...
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We assess the labour supply effects of two 'making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of …
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unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …
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search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …
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novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …
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applicants in Germany get treated or behave differently from non-obese applicants. Based on two waves of rich survey data from …
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unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations …
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The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...
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Recent years have brought growing evidence for an increasing labour demand for high skilled and a deterioration of the labour position of less skilled employees. The two most common explanations for this finding are an increasing international trade and a skill biased technological change....
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estimate the impacts of ALMP in Germany for the time period 1999-2001 with regional data of 175 labour office districts. Due to … accounts especially for the inherent simultaneity problem of ALMP. For West Germany we find positive effects of vocational … training and job creation schemes on the labour market situation, whereas the results for East Germany do not allow profound …
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