system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre …

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

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

effects separately for eastern and western Germany as well as for older workers and those workers who are likely to top up … associated with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in western Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB …

"The unemployment rate in East Germany has been almost twice as high as in West Germany since unification. At the same … market development in East Germany since unification, we also analyse an alternative scenario characterized by an improvement …