wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … sorted across firms and worker-firm matches upon re-employment. We find that the Hartz reforms substantially reduced the … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over …

Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to … expectations about inflation and future growth. Migration plays a significant role to balance wages across regions and countries …. Wage growth has been low in most developed economies because of underutilized labor if properly measured. Germany seems to …

expectations and wages, and a significantly positive relationship between optimistic bias in job finding expectations and … search and matching model of the labor market. Removing the biases could substantially increase wages and expected lifetime … income in East Germany. The bias difference in labor market expectations explains part of the East-West German wage gap. …

expectations and wages, and a significantly positive relationship between optimistic bias in job finding expectations and … search and matching model of the labor market. Removing the biases could substantially increase wages and expected lifetime … income in East Germany. The difference in biases in labor market expectations explains part of the East-West German wage gap. …

significant negative effect on the earnings and employment opportunities of native men. The results indicate that a 10 percent … rise of the share of immigrants in the workforce would in general reduce wages by less than one percent and not increase … ; Germany …

significant negative effect on the earnings and employment opportunities of native men. The results indicate that a 10 percent … rise of the share of immigrants in the workforce would in general reduce wages by less than one percent and not increase …

significant. Across all education groups, unemployment depresses subsequent wages more strongly at a higher age. However, the …

Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on … the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we …

After the fall of the Berlin wall, the total fertility rate in East Germany tumbled from 1.7 (1989) to a stunning 0 … s perspective. Economic transition dramatically increased the returns to human capital in East Germany. Economic theory …