policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …

positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes 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. …

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre …

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … typically assumed by contributors to recent discussions on the potential labour market effects of welfare reforms in Germany …

Germany1, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long?term unemployment … level of long?term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? …

We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their …