The search model contains two matching technologies, the public employment service (PES) with its type-specific registers for workers and vacancies, and the search market where firms advertise vacancies and unemployed who have not been placed by the PES search for jobs. The placement activity of...

The search model contains two matching technologies, the public employment service (PES) with its type-specific registers for workers and vacancies, and the search market where firms advertise vacancies and unemployed who have not been placed by the PES search for jobs. The placement activity of...

This paper fills a gap in the literature by investigating whether temporary agency employment substitutes regular employment. To take into account the interaction between the two employment forms, we identify a SVAR model with correlated innovations by volatility regimes. We show that a positive...

In seiner Stellungnahme zu den Anträgen der SPD-Fraktion und der Fraktion Die Linke zu der am 1. Mai 2011 in Kraft tretenden Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit in der Europäischen Union geht das IAB im ersten Teil auf die Folgen der asymmetrischen Anwendung der Übergangsfristen, das Problem der...