Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

contributions and income taxes. This type of jobs tends to undermine tax and social insurance revenues and distorts the functioning … of the labour market since in can be shown that they displace regular employment covered by taxation and social insurance … support schemes. Regarding the regulation of the labour market in Germany, there is no need to re- or de-regulation fixed …

soon after. We compare this recession to other major recessions in Germany and analyse to what extent changes in hourly …

evidence from Germany. Drawing upon event history data from the German Federal Labour Office insurance accounts and employing …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pay and non … institutions, the pattern found in Germany shows sequences of de- and re-regulatory reforms of employment protection and increasing …