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With the Russian war against Ukraine, global economic conditions changed abruptly. We provide first causal evidence of effects of the energy crisis on Germany as Europe's most important economy. Combining cost structure data, national accounts and administrative labour market data, we identify...
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This paper investigates the role of mismatch between job seekers and job openings for the forecasting performance of a labor market matching function. In theory, higher mismatch lowers matching efficiency which increases the risk that the vacancies cannot be filled within the usual period of...
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With the Russian war against Ukraine, global economic conditions changed abruptly. We provide first causal evidence of effects of the energy crisis on Germany as Europe's most important economy. Combining cost structure data, national accounts and administrative labour market data, we identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254273
Although industrial production in Germany picked up again significantly with the recovery from the Corona crisis, supply bottlenecks for raw materials and intermediate products such as semiconductors became increasingly noticeable over 2021. In this article, we examine how these obstacles affect...
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Mit der Corona-Krise nimmt die Arbeitslosigkeit trotz aller Gegenmaßnahmen in Deutschland zu. In früheren Rezessionen hat sich gerade die Arbeitslosigkeit Geringqualifizierter verfestigt. Heute zeichnet sich ab, dass der technologische Wandel gerade auch mittlere Qualifikationen betrifft. Um...
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Seit Dezember 2014 werden die Arbeitsagenturen monatlich zur ihrer Einschätzung der Beschäftigungswirkung des allgemeinen Mindestlohns über die nächsten drei Monate in ihrem Agenturbezirk befragt. Zu Beginn sah knapp ein Fünftel der Agenturen Beschäftigungsverluste voraus. Über die ersten...
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This paper analyses the relationship between wage inequality and labour market development. Relevant economic theories are ambiguous, just as public debates. We measure the effects of wage inequality, skill-biased and skill-neutral technology on hours worked, productivity and wages in a novel...
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The strong and sustained labour market upswing in Germany is widely recognized. In a developing literature, various relevant studies highlight different specific reasons. The underlying study, instead, simultaneously considers a broad set of factors in a unified methodological framework and...
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Die Wirtschaft in Deutschland setzt ihren moderaten Aufschwung fort. Für 2017 prognostizieren wir ein Wachstum des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts von 1,4 Prozent. Der Aufwärtstrend der Erwerbstätigkeit hält an: Im Jahr 2017 erwarten wir ein Plus von 670.000 Personen, die...
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