differ more than unemployment rates by skill levels and overall. 2. German and US relative pay by level of skill was similar …

Summary In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by … neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …

Summary This paper is devoted to a new estimation of the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) for …

regional “entrepreneurial milieu”, on the individual decision to start a new business out of unemployment. The econometric … version of the logit model that takes care of both the rare events nature of the transition from unemployment to self … ökonomisch bedeutsam sind. Ein Vergleich von Gründern aus der Arbeitslosigkeit mit solchen aus einer beruflichen Tätigkeit und …

Summary This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a … first step, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two … variance decomposition display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short …

Abstract This paper analyses intensity and effects of activation strategies towards older recipients of unemployment …