point of the paper is the fact that national unemployment rates differ greatly, which alludes to country …-specific institutional factors being the most plausible culprit for rising and lasting unemployment. Hence, identifying institutional setups … which promote employment growth is a prerequisite for successfully fighting unemployment. To this end the paper is divided …

Deutschland ist in den Bemühungen, die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit deutlich zu verringern, in den letzten Jahren nicht sehr …