This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un)employment and wage effects of social security … financing undertaken by the OECD Jobs Study. Based on a simple macroeconometric model of the labour market, I investigate … in Germany. The main result of the paper is that there is in fact a positive shortrun employment effect of a revenue …

long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non … can be an efficient labor market policy instrument to improve the quality of life of the long-term unemployed. …

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … labor market there will exist hours restrictions for certain jobs and occupations. Therefore, I simulate Germans' working …