and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment … protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

Germany and asks the personnel managers about their expectations concerning employment adjustments. We find that employment … larger the expected reduction in employment. Employment adjustments are more pronounced in those industries and plants which … works council. In contrast, employment is not found to increase if the minimum wage is reduced by about 10 percent. This …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting … out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both … groups. However, the responsibility for employment policies still predominantly lies within Member States of the European …

study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been … relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created … basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased …

small firms. Based on data from the IAB Establishment Panel we find no clear-cut evidence that employment in establishments …

) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts … Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to … positive and negative economic shocks are not always symmetric. Only under sectoral bargaining there is a (nearly symmetric …

bargaining in the matching process from the employer's side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German …-seekers who are unemployed, out of the labor force or just finished their apprenticeship are also less likely to get a chance of … negotiating. Wage bargaining is more likely for more-educated applicants and in jobs with special requirements as well as in tight …