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Woher kam der deutsche Arbeitsmarktaufschwung? : und wie kann es weitergehen?
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 9, pp. 607-612
Während die Arbeitsmärkte in Europa und auf der ganzen Welt unter den Auswirkungen der großen Rezession 2008/2009 und der europäischen Schuldenkrise 2012/2013 zu leiden hatten, war in Deutschland ein starker und anhaltender Aufschwung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt zu beobachten. Bis vor Corona hatte...
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Zeitarbeitsbranche : rückläufige Beschäftigung
Hutter, Christian; Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 99 (2019) 6, pp. 401-403
Die Zahl der Beschäftigten in der Zeitarbeitsbranche stieg in Deutschland lange Zeit an. Seit Ende 2017 hat sich dies verändert, die Zahl der Beschäftigten in der Zeitarbeit sinkt. Dies hängt mit der Neufassung des Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetzes zusammen, aber auch mit der schwachen...
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2016
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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Folgen der Hartz-Reformen für die Beschäftigung
Launov, Andrey; Wälde, Klaus - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 2, pp. 112-117
After the Hartz reforms of 2003-2005, unemployment in Germany has gone down significantly. Using a structural … less than 0.1 percentage point of the decline in the observed unemployment rate. A substantial degree of influence, to the … contrary, is attributed to the preceding Hartz III reform. Thus, the reduction of unemployment compensation could have been …
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Corona-Krise : die transformative Rezession
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (2020) 6, pp. 429-431
With the Corona crisis, unemployment is increasing in Germany despite all the countermeasures taken. In previous … recessions, unemployment of the low-skilled in particular has become entrenched. Today, it is becoming apparent that …
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How have employment transitions for older workers in Germany and the UK changed?
Wright, David - 2015
Extending working life is an objective for many nations. However, the UK government has recently reported only modest improvement "compared to many nations". A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early retirement much faster than the UK since 2003. This...
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Has atypical work become typical in Germany? Country case studies on labour market segmentation
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2013
This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or dualization of employment in Germany. While labor market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market...
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Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-employment
Haan, Peter; Myck, Michal - 2009
While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labour market, the precise relationship between facing the risks of health deterioration and labour market instability is not well understood....
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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany
Reuschke, Darja - 2011
Little is known about the individual location behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...
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Work Hours Constraints and Health
Bell, David; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2011
The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important not only at the individual level but also for governmental formation of work time policy. Our study investigates this question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between...
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