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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269464

Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282628

Endogenous exit bias in training programs for unemployed workers

Kluve, Jochen; Rinne, Ulf; Uhlendorff, Arne; Zhao, Zhong - 2012

This paper assesses the importance of reverse causality when evaluating the impact of training duration for unemployed workers. We use planned duration as an instrumental variable for actual duration. Our results suggest that the potential endogeneity of exits seems to be only relevant in the...

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Is Germany the North Star of labor market policy?

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293117

Unemployment accounts and employment incentives

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB)systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed under the criteria of approximate welfare efficiency (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies...

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An incentive theory of matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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Reservation wages of first and second generation migrants

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278738

Economic preferences and attitudes of the unemployed: Are natives and second generation migrants alike?

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010

natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …

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The Minimum Wage from a Two-Sided Perspective

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2014

This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that...

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