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Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …
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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States
Neumark, David; Salas, J. M. Ian; Wascher, William - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-26
minimum wage studies. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7638, Bonn, Germany have challenged our conclusions, continuing the debate …
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Assessing the allocation of aid: developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, … - In: The Indian economic journal 54 (2006) 1, pp. 26-51
In this paper, we perform a Tobit analysis of aid allocations, covering the period 1999-2002 and accounting for both altruistic and selfish donor motives. We first compare the allocative behavior of all bilateral donors taken together with that of multilateral aid agencies, and then look at nine...
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How to fight long-term unemployment: Lessons from Germany
Spermann, Alexander - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-15
The number of long-term unemployed in Germany has stagnated at around one million for several years. Despite excellent …
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