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 …

the 26 to 41 years old working population in West-Germany during the 1980ties and 1990ties. The comprehensive IAB ….000 individuals from West-Germany. The application of flexible nonparametric estimators yields results which are less sensitive to … West-Germany during the past two decades. …

This paper empirically analyzes the distribution of unemployment durations in West- Germany before and after the … West Germany. We introduce two proxies for unemployment, since the data do not involve a precise economic definition of …

Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) of Germany. The chosen flexible semiparametric specification is able to capture a large …

order to determine crucial factors that influence the distribution of unemployment duration in West Germany during the 1980s …

duration of unemployment. Empirical results for the reform of the unemployment compensation system in Germany during the 1980s …

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