Since the so-called Hartz IV reforms around 2005 and during the global crisis of 2008/2009, the German labor market featured mainly declining unemployment rates. We develop a search and matching model with heterogeneous skills to explore the role of structural and cyclical policies for this...

Der Aufschwung hat den Arbeitsmarkt erreicht. An Stelle der Beschäftigtenzahl steigt aber bisher hauptsächlich die Zahl der geleisteten Arbeitsstunden. Neue Stellen wurden bisher jedoch nicht in dem Ausmaß wie im vorangegangenen Zyklus geschaffen. Die Forscher des IMK ziehen aus Ihrem...

With data from the March CPS and using shift-share analysis, we analyze the factors that account for changes in post-tax post-transfer income during each of the past four recessions. What distinguishes the Great Recession is that drops in employment rather than wage earnings drove income...