Summary In this paper, we analyze oil price impacts on unemployment for Germany. Firstly, we survey theoretical and … within the framework of a vector autoregression (VAR) approach for Germany. For this purpose,we use three different ….Moreover, for a restricted sample period for post-unification Germany, we oppose claims that the oil to macroeconomy relationship …

security contributions to people with low-earnings jobs) introduced in Germany in April 2003. The analysis is based on a …

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …? social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …

an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …