West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment …This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in … increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and self-employment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment. …

The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns … sufficient re-employment prospects of a job-seeker. We comparatively examine the impact of participation for the quantitatively … most important type of training programs before and after the reform by using administrative data of the Federal Employment …

It is often argued that the high level of welfare claims in Germany causes little incentive for workers with low …

duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models …Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of … unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the …

voluntary non-participation and involuntary unemployment which is caused by labor market rationing and model the dynamics of … on life cycle employment based on approximate decision rules. However, in contrast to previous studies, this framework … allows us to test for true state dependence of voluntary non-participation, involuntary unemployment, full-time work and over …

unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended … benefit duration on unemployment duration and post-unemployment outcomes. We find a spike in the re-employment hazard for the …The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed …

search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical … their future outcomes are determined by external factors have lower reservation wages. …

incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh … entries into unemployment. Our results suggest that marginal employment leads to more stable post-unemployment jobs, has no …

short and medium term, up to five years after displacement. Our analysis is based on rich administrative data from Germany …