-Keynesian model, which features a neoclassical labor market, and its extension that allows for equilibrium unemployment. Both versions …

driver of the unusually small increase in German unemployment in the Great Recession. One possible explanation is that firms …

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …

einer geringen Qualifikation behindert und zum Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit beigetragen. … private households in Germany. In 2001, the difference is small for households consisting of at least three persons. For three … impeded by the system of social assistance. As a consequence, unemployment increased. …

This paper describes the practical implementation of hiring vouchers in Germany (Kiel Working Paper 1302 "Comparing the … of time. The size of the vouchers increases with the duration of unemployment as well as with the qualification and … of unemployment durations and qualifications. We develop a simple formula to calculate the size of the voucher depending …

We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the … model of unemployment, which is exposed to the asymmetric expellee inflow, closely fits historical data on the regional … unemployment differential and the regional migration rate. Both variables increase dramatically after the inflow and decline only …

keine Arbeitslosenversicherung im herkömmlichen Sinne: Die Einkommenssicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit erfolgt durch die …Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of the United Kingdom it is shown that the US … unemployment insurance (UI) is the only system that provides for a negative feedback between UI expenditures and layoffs …

Es wird untersucht, wie ein System privater Versicherungen gegen das Risiko der Arbeitslosigkeit beschaffen sein sollte … Verminderung von Arbeitslosigkeit gibt. Für die Arbeitnehmer wird ein Modell zur Bestimmung des individuellen Risikos und der …The authors suggest a dual-system model of private unemployment insurance that includes incentives on the side of …

Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist der Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland seit den siebziger Jahren. Es wird …The analysis is about the compulsory German unemployment insurance system (GUIS). It is known that GUIS did nothing to … prevent the continuous rise of the rate of unemployment since the 1970s. The empirical literature about GUIS indicates that …

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. …