Das heutige System der sozialen Mindestsicherung verhindert in Deutschland die Ausbildung eines Niedriglohnsektors …. Dies ist eine wesentliche Ursache für die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit Geringqualifizierter. Dieser Beitrag stellt zwei häufig …, preventing employment at low wages. This creates substantial unemployment of the low-skilled. This paper discusses the …

traditional government-sponsored short-time work. -- unemployment ; Germany ; Great Recession ; short time work ; working time …Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment …

Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …

With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for … Germany. We estimate separate models for people living alone and people living with their family, as sanctioned welfare …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …

In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …

is based on large scale labor market data from Germany and varies w.r.t. treatment selectivity, effect heterogeneity, the …

driven by negative effects on unemployment and retirement insurance coverage. Our heterogeneity analysis reveals substantial …