Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland hat sich inzwischen weitgehend von der Krise erholt. Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen ist im Oktober 2010 das erste Mal seit 1992 unter die 3-Millionen-Marke gefallen; auch saisonbereinigt lag die Zahl nur noch knapp über 3 Mio. Damit hat sich der seit fünf Jahren...

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends...

The paper develops an overlapping generations model that highlights interactions between social security, unemployment and growth. The social security system has two components: old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Pensions have a direct effect on economic growth. Both pensions and...

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends...