Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth …, this paper provides a first attempt to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the first two reform waves, Hartz I/II and III …

for reform and its main principles. As results of programme evaluation studies post-reform have become available just now … positive effects. On balance, therefore, the reform seems to be moving the German labour market in the right direction …

Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather … moderation and working time flexibility. While at the outset of this reform sequence German had a small, but relatively …

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …

East and West Germany were far from being randomly selected treatment and control groups. First, the later border is … occupying forces affected East and West differently. Third, a selective fifth of the population fled from East to West Germany …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …

76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact unexplained by existing research focusing on job finding rates … market search model. Absent the reform, unemployment rates would be 50% higher today …