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We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major …
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Despite long-term interest whether welfare benefits motivate fertility, evidence from research has not been consistent. This paper contributes new evidence to this debate by investigating the fertility effect of a German welfare reform. The reform decreased the household income of families on...
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We evaluate the quantity-quality trade-off on the labor market by estimating an augmented matching function weighting the matches by quality measures. We use the approach to evaluate the German labor market reforms conducted between 2003 and 2005. Indeed, we find a significant quantity-quality...
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The number of unemployed workers in Germany decreased dramatically from its peak in February 2005 at over 5.2 million …Seit ihrem Höhepunkt im Februar 2005 sank die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland innerhalb von drei Jahren von 5 …
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This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal … Deutschland darstellt, wobei der Partialeffekt und der Gleichgewichtseffekt etwa gleichbedeutend waren. Wir sind die ersten, die …
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Als Reaktion auf die hohe und persistente Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland wurde zwischen 2003 und 2005 die … umfangreichste Reform des Arbeitsmarktes und der Sozialordnung seit Gründung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland umgesetzt. In der Studie …As a reaction on high and persistent unemployment in Germany, the largest labour market reforms in post-war history …
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Zentraler Forschungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Untersuchung der Selektion in Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Hierzu wird - basierend auf Erkenntnissen aus der Literatur und Experteninterviews mit Arbeitsvermittlern - ein realistischer Selektionsprozess von der...
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in different countries. As empirical evidence reveals that welfare recipients in Germany often participate in multiple … programmes, I evaluate the sequential participation of unemployment benefit II (UB-II)-recipients in ALMPs in Germany. My study …-Euro-Jobs in the first period, especially in West Germany, I find that participating in two consecutive One- Euro-Jobs compared …
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Between 1979 and 2009, the German labour market moved along a Beveridge curve with changing slope that usually shifted outwards but once inwards. We employ an unobserved components model to simultaneously disentangle permanent and transitory components of matching efficiency and separation rate...
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