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Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...

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Google Econometrics and Unemployment Forecasting

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), … - 2009

. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword searches and unemployment rates using monthly German data and …

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Google Econometrics and Unemployment Forecasting

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword searches and unemployment rates using monthly German data and …

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A Summer Break for the Unemployment Rate: Google-Assisted Forecasting Signals Easing

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Weekly Report 5 (2009) 25, pp. 176-181

, many observers are anticipating a dramatic rise in unemployment in the fall, with the total number of unemployed rapidly … unemployment rate will remain relatively stable in August and through the end of September, when elections for the German Bundestag … will be held. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is actually falling. Given this fact, the danger that the total …

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Google Econometrics and Unemployment Forecasting

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword searches and unemployment rates using monthly German data and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004554

Agenda 2020: Strategies to Achieve Full Employment in Germany

Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This strategy paper by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) shows ways in which Germany once more can attain full employment in the coming decade. Much of what the previous government's "Agenda 2010" has put into motion has clearly steered labor market development in the right direction....

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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low -skilled people and a …

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Retaining through Training: Even for Older Workers

Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual heterogeneity. We also take into account that there...

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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Poor Marks for Germany's Isolationist Policy

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Weekly Report 5 (2009) 30, pp. 209-215

The free movement of workers within the European Union does not place a burden on labor markets or social services. This is the conclusion of a recent study on the development and effects of east-to-west migration in the wake of EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007. In this light, Germany's...

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