This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment …-productivity "trap", through the attrition of skills and work habits. We develop and calibrate a model along these lines for East Germany …

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment …-productivity "trap", through the attrition of skills and work habits. We develop and calibrate a model along these lines for East Germany …

The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which … the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common feature of the successful countries is that they implemented a …

some countries and sectors, our results point to a negative link between employment growth, the unemployment benefit …

Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the … macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue … Germany by implementing labor market reforms themselves constitute impediments to successful reforms. Reforms would relative …

Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des …

Die Zahl der von Armut gefährdeten Personen in Deutschland lag im Jahr 2006 mit rund 14 Millionen um rund eine Million … niedriger als 2005. Der Abbau der Armutsgefährdung verlief parallel mit dem Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit, der wegen der Agenda …

Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des …

Die Zahl der von Armut gefährdeten Personen in Deutschland lag im Jahr 2006 mit rund 14 Millionen um rund eine Million … niedriger als 2005. Der Abbau der Armutsgefährdung verlief parallel mit dem Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit, der wegen der Agenda …