The number of new apprenticeship training contracts has been declining for years. The decline can be explained by a variety of factors. It can initially be assumed that the economic development due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated loss of training places offer an explanation. However,...

The number of new apprenticeship training contracts has been declining for years. The decline can be explained by a variety of factors. It can initially be assumed that the economic development due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated loss of training places offer an explanation. However,...

The paper shows that a more flexible labor market is unequivocally necessary for a lasting and substantial reduction of unemployment. It furthermore points out that a more flexible labor market is even beneficial from a long-run distributional point of view. Hence, the key to liberalizing the...

This paper shows that the German labor market is more volatile than the US labor market. Specifically, the volatility of the cyclical component of several labor market variables (e.g., the job-finding rate, labor market tightness, and job vacancies) divided by the volatility of labor...

This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 containment measures in Germany. It examines two dimensions of the first lockdown in Germany, namely the length and the strength of the lockdown. While the assessment of the length is conducted via variation across regions...

The paper shows that a more flexible labor market is unequivocally necessary for a lasting and substantial reduction of unemployment. It furthermore points out that a more flexible labor market is even beneficial from a long-run distributional point of view. Hence, the key to liberalizing the...

The paper shows that a more flexible labor market is unequivocally necessary for a lasting and substantial reduction of unemployment. It furthermore points out that a more flexible labor market is even beneficial from a long-run distributional point of view. Hence, the key to liberalizing the...

Die durch das Covid-19-Virus hervorgerufene 'Corona-Krise' hat im Jahr 2020 zu Verwerfungen auf vielen Arbeitsmärkten geführt und möglicherweise bereits bestehende soziale Ungleichheiten verstärkt. Die vorliegende Studie fragt, inwiefern verschiedene Regionen und Regionstypen von den...

Die durch das Covid-19-Virus hervorgerufene „Corona-Krise“ hat im Jahr 2020 zu Verwerfungen auf vielen Arbeitsmärkten geführt und möglicherweise bereits bestehende soziale Ungleichheiten verstärkt. Die vorliegende Studie fragt, inwiefern verschiedene Regionen und Regionstypen von den...