This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with … employees are lower even six years after the unemployment spell. If those with non-employment spells re-enter the labour market …

highly disputed reform induced a considerable decline in unemployment incidence among older workers. It thus sealed an … elderly workers peaked during the months preceding the reform. -- unemployment incidence ; policy evaluation ; administrative …From 2002–2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment …

unemployment and on unemployment duration of the older unemployed aged 54-56. This group lost a smooth early retirement path via … the unemployment benefits scheme. We show that the reform effectively reduced the amount of early retirement at the … unemployment benefits for early retirement purposes. …

the one hand, wages are lowered and unemployment decreases, on the other hand, the individual labour supply decision is … progressivity is below the actual level. A decomposition approach shows that the optimal level is increased by high unemployment and … ; unemployment …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …

production. With respect to labour market coordination, we discuss several wage-forming mechanisms and involuntary unemployment …. -- Computable general equilibrium model ; labour market ; labour supply ; labour demand ; microsimulation ; involuntary unemployment …