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The new German federal government wants to replace the unemployment benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II) with a so-called citizen’s income ("Bürgergeld"). In doing so, it needs to make major changes. Measures outlined in the coalition agreement indicate that the existing imbalance in the so...
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This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German labour market during the Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in 2009, employment remained constant and started to increase soon after. We compare this recession to other major...
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The German minimum wage was introduced in January 2015. This paper investigates the short-term macroeconomic impacts of its introduction. Therefore, an estimated VAR/VECM is used to perform forecasts that are interpreted as counterfactual to the introduction of the minimum wage and compared to...
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This article analyses the relevance of the extensive and the intensive margin of labour adjustment over the business cycle in Germany and in the United States. Previous research has found that, firstly, the extensive margin dominates and that, secondly, the relative relevance of the two margins...
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The existence of working-time accounts played an important role in overcoming the negative effects of the Great Recession in Germany. The authors’ analysis of data on establishments with a works council and at least 20 employees from the WSI Works Council Survey shows that the presence...
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This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German labour market during the Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in 2009, employment remained constant and started to increase soon after. We compare this recession to other major...
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Auch 2014 ist die nachhaltige Überwindung der Krise des Euroraums die bedeutendste Herausforderung für die Wirtschaftspolitik. Da die Geldpolitik ist mittlerweile am Ende ihrer konventionellen Möglichkeiten angelangt, ist nun die Fiskalpolitik im Euroraum insgesamt gefordert, expansive...
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Das IMK analysiert regelmäßig mittels Daten von Eurostat die Entwicklung der Arbeitskosten und der Lohnstückkosten in Europa. In dieser aktuellen Auswertung wird zunächst die Entwicklung der Arbeitskosten in der Privatwirtschaft, dem privaten Dienstleistungssektor und dem Verarbeitenden...
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