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The employment of mothers : recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany

Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2011

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...

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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We compare their wage assimilation to that of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries and international immigrants to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The...

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The post-reform effectiveness of the new German start-up subsidy for the unemployed

Bellmann, Lutz; Caliendo, Marco; Tübbicke, Stefan - 2017

Start-up subsidies for the unemployed have long been an important active labor market policy strategy in Germany. The current subsidy program underwent a major reform in 2011 that changed its key parameters: support was lowered, eligibility criteria were tightened and entitlement was abandoned...

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The motivation of temporary agency workers : an empirical analysis

Grund, Christian; Minten, Axel; Toporova, Nevena - 2017

We are investigating the relationship between individual and job-related characteristics and the motivation of …,000 temporary agency workers, a subjective motivation appraisal is provided by the respective direct manager within the hiring … motivation of temporary agency workers. Women in temporary agency work demonstrate a higher degree of motivation than men …

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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition : the German experience

Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008

We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...

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The relative effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes and the common support problem

Stephan, Gesine (contributor); Pahnke, André (contributor) - 2008

For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the employment prospects of participants. First, our results show that different matching algorithms result in different severe problems of common support. Second, we obtain favourable...

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Wage subsidies for needy job-seekers and their effect on individual labour market outcomes after the German reforms

Bernhard, Sarah (contributor); Gartner, Hermann (contributor) - 2008

Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

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Die Nachhaltigkeit von geförderten Existenzgründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit : eine Bilanz nach fünf Jahren

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Künn, Steffen (contributor); … - 2008

Die Ich-AG (Existenzgründungszuschuss) war eines der zentralen Instrumente, das im Rahmen der "Hartz-Reformen" in den arbeitsmarktpolitischen Kanon aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit dem bereits seit langem bekannten Überbrückungsgeld wurden damit zwischen 2003 und 2006 mehr als eine Million...

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Does leaving welfare improve health? : evidence for Germany

Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2009

Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...

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