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France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …
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A Single European Labor Market, particularly involving the free movement of workers within Europe, has been a goal of the European community since the 1950s. Whereas it may entail opportunities and drawbacks alike, the benefits - such as greater economic welfare for most citizens - are supposed...
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administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …
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in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …
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secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. -- migration ; education ; human capital ; Germany ; tracking …
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miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the … ; Germany ; short-time work ; unemployment ; labor market institutions ; internal flexibility …
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Short-time work was the "German answer" to the economic crisis. The number of short-time workers strongly increased in the recession and peaked at more than 1.5 million. Without the extensive use of short-time work, unemployment would have risen by approximately twice as much as it actually did....
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of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while safety checks were carried out, and a three-month moratorium on … companies to renewable energies companies in Germany. We moreover find that the joint market capitalization of these firms has …
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natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between …
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Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success … ; unemployment ; Great Recession ; Germany ; austerity …
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