We document the sources behind the costs of job loss over the business cycle using administrative data from Germany …-paying firms. Changes in characteristics of workers or displacing firms explain little of the cyclicality, though non-employment …

We document the sources behind the costs of job loss over the business cycle using administrative data from Germany …Unter Verwendung von administrativen Daten für Deutschland dokumentieren wir die Ursachen hinter den Kosten des …

between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend … unemployment and transition rates differs between East and West Germany, as well as between the sexes. In East Germany, all … unemployment dynamics is the re-employment rate. …

between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend …. Heterogeneity in unemployment and transition rates differ between East and West Germany, as well as between the sexes. In East … Germany, all demographic cells are almost entirely detached from the cycle. Women are less influenced by the cycle in their re-employment …