Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the … macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue … Germany by implementing labor market reforms themselves constitute impediments to successful reforms. Reforms would relative …

The number of unemployed workers in Germany decreased dramatically from its peak in February 2005 at over 5.2 million …Seit ihrem Höhepunkt im Februar 2005 sank die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland innerhalb von drei Jahren von 5 …

market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties … find that the increase in inequality is partly due to a direct monetary impact of the last Hartz reform, Hartz IV, on the …

regarding the development of job-matching performance before and after the reform years. The results show that matching … productivity increased during all reform stages and slightly deteriorated in 2009 (the year of the financial crisis), even after …