Nach den Vorstellungen des Vorsitzenden und Namensgebers der Hartz-Kommission kann die Arbeitslosigkeit in nur drei Jahren halbiert werden. Ist dieses ehrgeizige Ziel zu erreichen? Welche Rolle spielt dabei die Ausgestaltung der Arbeitslosenversicherung? Was ist von den Vorschlägen der...

Job search models offer two complementary predictions about the effects of unemployment benefits on job search outcomes among unemployed workers. By raising workers' reservation wages, unemployment benefits should contribute to both prolonged spell duration and improved post-unemployment job...

Economic job search theory offers two complementary predictions about the effects of unemployment benefits on job search outcomes among unemployed workers. By raising workers' reservation wages, unemployment benefits should contribute to both prolonged spell duration and improved...

Propensity score matching provides an estimate of the effect of a 'treatment' variable on an outcome variable that is largely free of bias arising from an association between treatment status and observable variables. However, matching methods are not robust against 'hidden bias' arising from...

This paper studies the intergenerational effects of parental unemployment on students' transitions after completing upper secondary education. Besides estimating the average treatment effect of parental unemployment on transition outcomes, we also aim to identify the economic, psychological or...

This paper examines how parental unemployment affects the transition to postsecondary education in different institutional contexts. Drawing on theoretical perspectives in intergenerational mobility research and sociology of higher education, we estimate the extent to which these...

Aufgrund ihrer Nähe zum Konzept kontrafaktischer Kausalität haben nichtparametrische Matchingverfahren in der neueren statistischen und ökonometrischen Literatur zur Kausalanalyse an Bedeutung gewonnen. Vor diesem Hintergrund führt der Beitrag das Rubin Causal Model (RCM) in die...

A recent decision of the German Constitutional Court requires political decision makers to revise the system of intergovernmental transfers in order to limit free bargaining among state and federal government officials. The present paper provides empirical support for the thesis that political...

Die gegenwärtige Beschäftigungskrise betrifft vor allem Ballungsregionen. Aber nicht alle Regionen schneiden gleichermaßen schlecht ab. Welche Rolle spielt die Vernetzung wissensintensiver Dienstleistungen und Industrien für eine erfolgreiche Krisenbewältigung?