large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up … with alternative data sets for these countries. I find evidence for the Krugman hypothesis when Germany is compared to the …

, mainly due to outsourcing business processes). Our results from a large and representative data set of firms in Germany show …

We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their …

European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … highest in Germany, followed by France, and Italy. However, even in Germany, the accommodation of a shock to unemployment by …

policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an application to western Germany it is demonstrated that nonparametric …