, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity …

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

We empirically investigate how two-tier unemployment compensation schemes affect the profile of re-employment hazards …-employment hazard. Our results indicate that two-tier unemployment compensation schemes might create a long-term unemployment trap: If … employers rank applicants by their duration in unemployment, incentivizing all job seekers to exert higher search efforts may …

administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking … unemployment after program end we estimate the effect of keeping a subsidized job versus participating in training and taking up a …

statements and a detailed matching approach, we find evidence that companies that are affected by the interest barrier reduce …

percentage points more than companies that are not affected. We are the first to employ a detailed matching approach to the …

During the last decade, several EU countries have tried to tackle unemployment and low activity rates through extensive …