to overcome such limitations for Germany by complementing administrative data from the Federal Employment Agency with … innovative survey data. The administrative part of the dataset consists of a large random sample of inflows into unemployment in … Germany from 2001 to 2008 and contains around 920,000 individuals. The complementary survey covers a panel of more than 17 …

market developments in East Germany, part 1 of this volume turns to specific issues of adjustment: wage trends, business …

erwarten viele Beobachter zum Herbst einen dramatischen Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit mit einer baldigen Überschreitung der Vier … den Sommermonaten August und September aller Voraussicht nach völlig ruhig. Saisonal bedingt geht die Arbeitslosigkeit …

This study surveys the development of the East German labor market after the unification of Germany. We explain that in … active labor market policy, are only partly reported as unemployment. A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of labor … have alleviated social burdens from unemployment. Discussing what causes the high unemployment in the east, we claim that …