This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German labour market during the Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in 2009, employment remained constant and started to increase soon after. We compare this recession to other major...

The euro area crisis drags on. Austerity measures in the crisis countries are deepening an already severe recession and this is having knock-on effects on the entire currency area. Policymakers have largely ignored the central cause of the crisis - the persistent failure by member states to keep...

This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German labour market during the Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in 2009, employment remained constant and started to increase soon after. We compare this recession to other major...

Die Perspektiven für die deutsche Konjunktur haben sich eingetrübt. Für den Prognosezeitraum ist nur eine schwache konjunkturelle Entwicklung zu erwarten. Geringere Exporte in den Euroraum und eine abgeschwächte Dynamik der Weltkonjunktur und damit einhergehend eine geringe Expansion der...