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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130457
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Did the Hartz Reforms Speed-Up Job Creation? A Macro-Evaluation Using Empirical Matching Functions
Fahr, Rene - 2006
Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778974
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Before and after the Hartz Reforms : The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany
Jacobi, Lena; Kluve, Jochen - 2021
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317618
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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010
policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143678
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136712
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A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory : Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes
Trzcinski, Eileen - 2011
This article critically examines the theoretical arguments that underlie the literature linking personality traits to economic outcomes and provides empirical evidence indicating that labour market outcomes influence personality outcomes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118524
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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?
Burda, Michael C. - 2011
Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122978
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Getting Back into the Labor Market : The Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for Unemployed Females
Caliendo, Marco - 2012
A shortage of skilled labor and low female labor market participation are problems many developed countries have to face. Besides activating inactive women, one possible solution is to support the re-integration of unemployed women. Due to female-specific labor market constraints (preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099742
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The German Labor Market after the Great Recession : Successful Reforms and Future Challenges
Caliendo, Marco - 2012
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099760
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Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets : Theory and Cross-Country Evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK
Brücker, Herbert - 2012
We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … compared to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment … rate in Germany and Denmark, while the wage effects are larger in the UK. Moreover, the elasticity of substitution between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103489