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They are even larger! More (on) puzzling labor market volatilities

Gartner, Hermann; Merkl, Christian; Rothe, Thomas - 2009

This paper shows that the German labor market is more volatile than the US labor market. Specifically, the volatility of the cyclical component of several labor market variables (e.g., the job-finding rate, labor market tightness, and job vacancies) divided by the volatility of labor...

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The Determinants of Reservation Wages in Germany Does a Motivation Gap Exist?

Christensen, Björn - 2001

characteristics of the unemployed are the most important determinants of reservation wages. In contrast neither unemployment duration … nor different kinds of unemployment benefits influence reservation wages. Hence the findings corroborate the hypothesis …

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The threat of migration - can it be contained? Lesson for Korea from German unification?

Soltwedel, Rüdiger - 1998

This paper deals with the question of how the pressure of migration resulting from the unification of a rich and a poor country can be mitigated. The example of Germany is presented with a view toward potential lessons for a future Korean unification.

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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration: new empirical evidence

Christensen, Björn - 2002

, whereby special focus is placed on unemployment duration. The results of the study indicate that in contrast to reservation … wages, offered wages decline considerably with duration of unemployment. This is the main reason that ratios of reserva …tion wages to offered wages increase rapidly with duration of unemployment; on average, reservation wages begin to exceed …

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Die Validität erfragter Reservationslöhne: ein Test auf Basis der stationären Suchtheorie

Christensen, Björn - 2003

short spells of unemployment calculated and reported reservation wages correspond very well, whereas reported reservation …

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Selektionsverzerrungen, erfragte Reservationslöhne und Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer

Christensen, Björn - 2003

This paper deals with the influence of reported reservation wages at the begin-ning of an unemployment spell on the … unemployment duration be found, whereby it then occurs at a considerable level. …

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Do labour market institutions matter? Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries

Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger; Munch, Jakob Roland - 2008

This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the...

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Banks' regulatory buffers, liquidity networks and monetary policy transmission

Merkl, Christian; Stolz, Stéphanie - 2006

Based on a quarterly regulatory dataset for German banks from 1999 to 2004, this paper analyzes the effects of banks' regulatory capital on the transmission of monetary policy in a system of liquidity networks. The dynamic panel regression results provide evidence in favor of the bank capital...

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Economic and political governance in Germany's social market economy

Siebert, Horst - 2004

Germany's system of economic and political governance strongly relies on group decision-making and consensus to solve economic issues. This approach relates to a wide spectrum of decisions, including the social partners with the trade unions and the employers' associations in wage formation, the...

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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe: a discussion of some recent developments and projections

Plane, Mathieu; Döpke, Jörg; Chagny, Odile; Schmidt, … - 2001

covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force … years. However, the impact of this development on unemployment is rather limited. …

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