periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post-unemployment earnings in West Germany. For … unemployment wages. A high wage replacement rate in the low wage sector seems to considerably elongate the duration of unemployment … and it is associated with higher post unemployment wages. …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill …

a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for … the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity leave coverage. Effect heterogeneity is assessed by estimating ex … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years …

Based on unique administrative data, which has only recently become available, this paper estimates the employment … effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … professional skills and techniques (SPST). Using the inflows into unemployment for the year 1993, the empirical analysis uses local …

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and … inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity …

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by industry-wide or firm-level contracts is … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …