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Another Economic Miracle?The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-warhistory appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to bea strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed tothis development include...

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Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf - 2012

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112788

Google Econometrics and Unemployment Forecasting

Askitas, Nikos - 2012

. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword searches and unemployment rates using monthly German data and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117001

Is Germany the North Star of Labor Market Policy?

Rinne, Ulf - 2013

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

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EU Enlargement Under Continued Mobility Restrictions : Consequences for the German Labor Market

Brenke, Karl - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Unhappiness and Job Finding

Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at thesame time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work morequickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there isindeed such a puzzle. First, we...

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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed : Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?

Constant, Amelie F. - 2010

natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …

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Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market Reintegration of the Unemployed

Constant, Amelie F. - 2009

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

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Unemployment Dynamics Among Migrants and Natives

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006

Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of … unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the … duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models …

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Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments Towards Immigrants : Evidence from 12 Oecd-Countries

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2021

As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It first reviews the assimilation literature in economics...

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