This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …

This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general … equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for postunification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of …

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal … Deutschland darstellt, wobei der Partialeffekt und der Gleichgewichtseffekt etwa gleichbedeutend waren. Wir sind die ersten, die …

the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate … activities of the Federal Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline of unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved …

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which … was a major driver for the decline of Germany’s unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …

decline in the replacement rate for long-term unemployed. We find that Hartz IV was a major driver for the decline of Germany …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline in unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …