collective bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related … between being covered by a sector-wide bargaining agreement or firm-level contract and employment growth of about one … percentage point per annum. However, the correlation between employment growth and collective bargaining is not robust to the use …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement … unemployment, and shifted to alternative pathways into retirement. The overall use of the retirement system declined by about 1 …

We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement … unemployment, and shifted to alternative pathways into retirement. The overall use of the retirement system declined by about 1 …

postponed retirement, stayed employed longer, postponed unemployment, and shifted to alternative pathways into retirement. The …