Using data from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel this study investigates the dynamic effects … of health shocks on employment and economic wellbeing of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving … the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average and …

This study tests to what degree the incidence of payroll taxes in Germany is on employment and whether in consequence … payroll taxes, in particular social insurance contributions, are the culprit behind the growing unemployment problem. Using …. Various simulations indicate that the employment effects of payroll taxes are minimal. …

markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …