Diese Arbeit analysiert das Problem des Mismatch zwischen Arbeitsnachfrage und Arbeitsangebot und diskutiert wirtschaftspolitische Lösungsansätze. Das Thema ist für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt von hoher Relevanz, denn in Deutschland gibt es trotz 3,7 Millionen arbeitsloser Erwerbspersonen mehr...

This article shows how much a shock to the ability of firms to hire qualified workers accounts for the rise in unemployment. Using a matching function approach, the author finds that such a shock implies an unemployment rate of no more than 7.1 percent, much below the actual unemployment rate...

A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy....