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Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - 2009

Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...

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Bad bank(s) and recapitalization of the banking sector

Schäfer, Dorothea; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...

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Agenda 2020 : strategies to achieve full employment in Germany

Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

This strategy paper by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) shows ways in which Germany once more can attain full … labor market development in the right direction. The reforms are one of the main reasons why Germany has been more resistant … reform: Germany needs high-skilled immigrants to cope with demographic change and skilled labor shortages. A selection system …

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Labor market reforms and the great recession

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

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Does the calculation hold? : the fiscal balance of migration to Denmark and Germany

Hinte, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014

Denmark and Germany showcased in this paper - may still result in substantially different economic outcomes of migration …

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Costs and benefits of labour mobility between the EU and the eastern partnership countries : country study on Germany

Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation patterns of EaP migrants in Germany. Most EaP migrants in Germany come …

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Who cares for you at home? : personal and household services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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Low pay as an alternative to public direct job creation? : lessons from the German case

Eichhorst, Werner - 2015

This contribution draws some conclusions from the experience of attempts by the German government at integrating the most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a sort of paradigm shift that goes beyond active labor...

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The Toll Index : innovation-based economic telemetry

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...

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