This contribution empirically explores the drivers of labour market reform acceptance for the individual level in … Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to … in the former German Democratic Republic drive individual reform preferences. Our empirical results support this notion …

replacement rate is lower than the current (post-reform) replacement rate in Germany. However, implementing the optimal … of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … macroeconomic effects of the German labor market reforms of 2005 and 2006 (Hartz Reforms). We find that the 2005-reform had large …

We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment … impact of the reform. …

This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …

, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to …

investigates direct and delayed reform effects on synchronisation by applying robustness tests to a panel data framework with …