Bislang trotzt der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt dem wirtschaftlichen Einbruch im Gefolge der globalen Finanzkrise ebenso wie den ökonomischen Verwerfungen durch die Eurokrise. Im Unterschied zu anderen europäischen Ländern sinkt hierzulande die Arbeitslosigkeit im Trend und die Beschäftigung...

Between 1979 and 2009, the German labour market moved along a Beveridge curve with changing slope that usually shifted outwards but once inwards. We employ an unobserved components model to simultaneously disentangle permanent and transitory components of matching efficiency and separation rate...

Between 1979 and 2009, the German labour market moved along a Beveridge curve with changing slope that used to shift outwards but shifted inwards after severe labour market reforms had come into force. We analyse these dynamics and focus on the macroeconomic outcome of the reforms. For that...