for the dramatic decline in employment and the unprecedented increase in unemployment in the east German economy. …

, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run …This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …

a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for … the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity leave coverage. Effect heterogeneity is assessed by estimating ex … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years …

differentials of part-time jobs, the model with endogenous wages predicts lower part-time employment than the standard neoclassical … taken into account. We extend the neoclassical labor supply model in two directions. First, we allow for endogenous wages …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … numerical model for Germany. The model combines a microsimulation module, which captures the labour-supply decisions of … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity …