In der Vergangenheit stellte die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit in Ostdeutschland das gravierendste wirtschaftspolitische Problem dar. Dies wird sich in den nächsten Jahren grundlegend ändern, denn aufgrund der demographischen Entwicklung wird sich das Arbeitskräfteangebot deutlich reduzieren. Zwar...

This paper estimates the response of the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate to exogenous variation in the youth share of the working age population, using cross-state variation in lagged birth rates as an instrumental variable. A one percent increase in the youth share reduces...

We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to the case of Germany, which has displayed a...

This paper estimates the response of the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate to exogenous variation in the youth share of the working age population, using cross-state variation in lagged birth rates as an instrumental variable. A one percent increase in the youth share reduces...