This paper examines the similarity in the association between earnings of sons and fathers in Germany and the United … distribution of earnings of fathers. When a more flexible function form is fit to the data, the apparent similarity between Germany … and the United States disappears. Relative to mobility in Germany, upward mobility is higher in the United States for sons …

adult children. A difference-in-differences approach is applied to estimate probability and amount of transfers. The … to give to all children has decreased in the East, and the amount given has increased in the West. However, transfers to … collegeage children have increased in both regions. These results support a relevant role for liquidity constraints and human …

covering other unemployed. The effects mainly appear early in the unemployment spell; we find no evidence of positive long run … youth policies speed up the transition from unemployment to jobs either due to pre-programme deterrence effects or because … Arbeitslose. Dieser Effekt tritt vor allem bei kurzer Arbeitslosigkeit ein. Um die Wirksamkeit der einzelnen Maßnahmen zu testen …