This paper studies the employment effects of the influx of millions of German expellees to West Germany after World War … West Germany. We find a substantial negative effect of expellee inflows on native employment. The effect was, however … and in pre-war occupations confirm the OLS results. -- Forced migration ; native employment ; post-war Germany …

The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid … observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled workers. The direct effect of increased import competition on relative … employment seems to be small, except for the case of consumer electronics. Apparently, adjustment strategies induced by …

reassessment, we estimate employment responses to loss or reduction of benefits. We find that among those who left disability …-reform employment status. 81% of beneficiaries who had some employment in the pre-reform year worked, while only 33% of those without … pre-reform employment did. The gains of the reform in activating beneficiaries were small and strongly driven by pre …

distribution where employment rates are low. Hence, more regular and skilled labor migration from African countries will unlikely …

This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …