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study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …
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predicts that the portability reform will increase internal plan switching. However, under plausible assumptions, it will not … increase external insurer switching. Moreover, the portability reform will enable unhealthier enrollees to reoptimize their …
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competitiveness and in the exports/production ratio occurs before the implementation of the labour market reform, and this comes with … both higher inequality and higher unemployment; 3) The implementation of the reform reduces unemployment, but also …
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This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008‐9 recession. In contrast to the intensive phase of labour market and welfare state reforms in the early 2000s aimed at 'welfare readjustment', we do not see austerity...
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the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of the overall impact of such measures. The reform of 1998 recognized …
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of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a …
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moderation and working time flexibility. While at the outset of this reform sequence German had a small, but relatively …
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The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
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