replacement rate is lower than the current (post-reform) replacement rate in Germany. However, implementing the optimal …

large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up … with alternative data sets for these countries. I find evidence for the Krugman hypothesis when Germany is compared to the …

numerical model for Germany. The model combines a microsimulation module, which captures the labour-supply decisions of …

This paper describes some empirical phenomena about sanctions in the unemployment compensation system in Germany using … the unemployed. From these results it is questionable whether the current activation policy for unemployed in Germany …

technology than their younger peers: lower learning capabilities and reduced incentives to invest in human capital. I use law … changes in the unemployment compensation system enacted in Germany during the 1980s and 1990s to demonstrate that incentivesʺ … reducing their incentives to invest in human capital. …