In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …

distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …

distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …

The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are … provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For … degree of competition in the goods market and the institutional setup of the unemployment compensation system. Furthermore …

The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are … provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For … degree of competition in the goods market and the institutional setup of the unemployment compensation system. Furthermore …

costs influence insider wages and outsiders? opportunities and how these costs affect employment and unemployment. We also … address the more complex, and open, question of how employment and unemployment move through time, in response to labor market …