We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the … model of unemployment, which is exposed to the asymmetric expellee inflow, closely fits historical data on the regional … unemployment differential and the regional migration rate. Both variables increase dramatically after the inflow and decline only …

In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of … selfemployment in lieu of wage work are investigated separately for East and West Germany. Using the 70 %-ZEW-sample of the … factors like age, sex and education, on the status in the labour market. In 1991 in East Germany the probability of aspiring …

This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … 1995 and could be observed at least one year after their foundation in 4 regions of East and 11 regions of West Germany. In … and firm development. While firm survival seems to be negatively affected by foundation from unemployment, especially in …

Unemployment duration data derived from retrospective surveys often show an abnormal concentration of responses at … research based on unemployment duration data derived from the retrospective calendar information in the German Socio …-Economic Panel, where a very high proportion of all unemployment spells beginning in January or end in December of each year. We show …

British workforce. Many of the findings are broadly positive, particularly when compared with a picture of deterioration in …