In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …

We present a dynamic quantitative trade and migration model that incorporates downward nominal wage rigidities and show … how this framework can generate changes in unemployment and labor participation that match those uncovered by the ….S. states, including many that experience unemployment during the transition. However, nominal rigidities reduce the overall U …

distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …

unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during the pandemic are strongly and significantly associated with …