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Employment adjustments following rises and reductions in minimum wages : new insights from a survey experiment

Bossler, Mario; Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2018

, sind noch uner-forscht. Wir führen ein Befragungsexperiment durch, das rund 6000 Betrieben in Deutschland zufällig …. Je stärker der Mindestlohn steigt, desto größer ist der erwartete Beschäftigungsrückgang. Beschäftigungsanpassungen … fallen in denjenigen Branchen und Betrieben größer aus, die stärker vom derzeitigen Mindestlohn betroffen sind, sowie in …

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Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? : evidence from a natural experiment

Hafner, Lucas - 2019

In this paper I evaluate a labor market reform in Germany. In particular, I analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in 2015 had an effect on self-rated health and labor market outcomes of individuals who were likely affected by the reform. I exploit the plausibly exogenous...

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The German minimum wage : effects on business expectations, profitability, and investments

Bossler, Mario; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Lochner, Benjamin; … - 2018

In this article, we analyze the effects of the introduction of the German minimum wage using difference-in-differences estimations applied to the IAB Establishment Panel. The treatment effects on the treated establishments show a slight reduction in the employers' expected development of...

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Public employment agency reform, matching efficiency, and German unemployment

Merkl, Christian; Sauerbier, Timo - 2022

Our paper aims at improving the understanding for the role of public employment agencies in job matching. We analyze the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic...

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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions

Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017

This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...

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Hartz IV and the decline of German unemployment : a macroeconomic evaluation

Hochmuth, Brigitte; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian; … - 2019

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We use a model with different unemployment durations, where the reform initiates both a partial effect and an equilibrium...

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Hartz IV and the decline of German unemployment : a macroeconomic evaluation

Hochmuth, Brigitte; Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian; … - 2019

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the "Hartz IV" reform, which reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We propose a model with different unemployment durations, where the reform initiates both a partial effect and an equilibrium...

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Revisiting the matching function

Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian; Nordmeier, Daniela - 2016

There is strong empirical evidence for Cobb-Douglas matching functions. We show in this paper that this widely found relation between matches on the one hand and unemployment and vacancies on the other hand can be the result of different underlying mechanisms. Obviously, it can be generated by...

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Digging into the digital divide : workers' exposure to digitalization and its consequences for individual employment

Genz, Sabrina; Schnabel, Claus - 2021

While numerous studies have analyzed the aggregate employment effects of digital technologies, this paper focuses on the employment development of individual workers exposed to digitalization. We use a unique linked employer-employee data set for Germany and a direct measure of the first-time...

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Business cycle asymmetries and the labor market

Kohlbrecher, Britta; Merkl, Christian - 2016 - This Version: February 2016

This paper shows that the matching function and the Beveridge curve in the United States exhibit strong nonlinearities over the business cycle. These patterns can be replicated by enhancing a search and matching model with idiosyncratic productivity shocks for new contacts. Large negative...

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