security system in an economy with unemployment caused by trade unions. Using a simple two-period overlapping generations …

In many OECD countries, e.g. in Germany, France, or the UK, unemploy-ment compensation consists of unemployment … insurance and unemployment assistance. Unemployment assistance is provided subsequent to the expiration of entitlement to … unemployment insurance and is lower. The effects of this two-tier unemployment compensation system are studied in a general …

of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human capital. Unemployed households receive unemployment benefits and … employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

unemployment risks on individual wages are analyzed in chapter 2. Building on a portfolio model for the labor market, the effects … unemployment risk is negative. Chapter 3 focuses on the effects of the reduction of unemployment benefits in the course of the … German Hartz reforms. For men and women in East and West Germany we find that the reform-induced decrease in unemployment …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. We start from … scenario in which offshoring explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the … subsequent labour market reforms lower unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector …