We extend the standard quality-ladder model with heterogeneous workers by including efficiency wages and unions. We find that higher union bargaining power leads to a negative relationship between growth and unemployment. An increase in the supply of human capital, however, on the one hand...

Der vorliegende Bericht befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen der ersten Welle der Corona-Krise auf den Arbeitsmarkt in Baden-Württemberg in den Monaten April bis September 2020. Dafür wird ein sogenannter Corona-Effekt berechnet, der den Teil der Veränderung der Arbeitslosigkeit bezeichnet, der...

Der vorliegende Bericht befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen der ersten Welle der Corona-Krise auf den Arbeitsmarkt in Baden-Württemberg in den Monaten April bis September 2020. Dafür wird ein sogenannter Corona-Effekt berechnet, der den Teil der Veränderung der Arbeitslosigkeit bezeichnet, der...

We analyse the role that education signals play in the transition rates from unemployment to finding a job. We compare the results for Ethnic Germans with those for foreigners from the same origin countries and Native Germans. In the first case, the two have the same labour market access but...

Based on the factor price frontier, we investigate the effects of supply shocks ort labour markets in open economies. Two different supply shocks are considered: an oil price shock, and the integration of relatively labour-abundant countries into the world economy. With flexible wages, a...

This paper develops a general equilibrium dual labour market model which incorporates union bargaining with monopolistically competitive firms. It is shown that not only the degree of union bargaining power but also the market power firms possess on the product market have a positive influence...

Active labour-market policy (ALMP) not only affects the labour-market success of participants. Due to indirect effects, they might also affect the job perspectives of non-participants. Hence, even if ALMP programmes have a positive effect for the participants, this does not mean that ALMP...