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also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …
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also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …
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the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …
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market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …
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In this paper we investigate whether the extension of the entitlement to unemployment benefits in the mid 80s can … explain the increase in the unemployment rates of unskilled and elder workers in western Germany. To answer this question we … unemployment among unskilled workers. …
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The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns primarily the emission of training vouchers as an exclusive allocation device, allowing potential participants free choice among training providers within a given training...
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In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …
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survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
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market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884252
the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703602