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EU Enlargement Under Continued Mobility Restrictions : Consequences for the German Labor Market
Brenke, Karl - 2009
the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …
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Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old : An Analysis for Germany
Gwozdz, Wencke - 2009
This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older). We observe a U-shaped relationship between age...
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Etiopathology of Europe's Sick Man : Worker Flows in Germany, 1959-2016
Hartung, Benjamin - 2016
We provide new estimates on worker flow rates in and out of unemployment for Germany covering the last six decades. In … the 1980s, Germany emerged as the sick man of Europe with a labor market characterized by persistently high unemployment … the 1960s. Germany's recovery started in the mid-2000s after the Hartz reforms, when inflow rates persistently decreased …
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Determinants of Regional Differences in Rates of Overeducation in Europe
Davia Rodríguez, Maria Ángeles - 2016
This paper examines the factors determining variations in spatial rates of overeducation. A quantile regression model has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and several institutional and macroeconomic features...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981516
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Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe
Hansen, Hans - 2016
; Swedish benefits are the lowest or among the lowest, but very much in line with those in Germany. The benefits in the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002451
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How Deep is Your Love? A Quantitative Spatial Analysis of the Transatlantic Trade Partnership
Krebs, Oliver - 2015
World Input Output Database (WIOD). We also explore the consequences of labor mobility across local labor markets in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023010
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Deconstructing Theories of Overeducation in Europe : A Wage Decomposition Approach
McGuinness, Seamus - 2016
This paper uses data from the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey, a new international dataset of adult workers in 28 EU countries, to decompose the wage penalty of overeducated workers. The ESJ survey allows for integration of a rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999038
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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets : France and Germany Compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777260
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The (Parlous) State of German Unions
Addison, John T. - 2006
German considerations (such as the transition process in post-communist Eastern Germany) and sustained intervals of classic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780525
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Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education : Financing Tuition Fees
Chapman, Bruce - 2011
It is generally agreed that the funding base for German universities is inadequate and perhaps the time has come for serious consideration of the imposition of non-trivial tuition charges. Against this background, this paper compares conventional and income contingent loans for financing tuition...
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