. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword searches and unemployment rates using monthly German data and …

the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

due to nominal, but mostly real wage rigidity is substantial. The extent of real rigidity rises with inflation, whereas … the opposite holds for nominal rigidity. Overall, the incidence of wage rigidity, which accelerates unemployment growth …, is most likely minimized in an environment with moderate inflation. …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment … in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …

accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …