) The informal sector works as an "unemployment buffer" but not a "welfare buffer" in the event of negative economic shocks. …

This paper uses panel data from the UK (BHPS) and Germany (GSOEP) to investigate the wage effect of entering the labour … results for Germany, verify the existence of a wage penalty for entering the labour market with a temporary contract. This … permanent job, while no such difference emerges in Germany. However, this initial unexplained wage inequality decreases faster …

; unemployment ; kernel density estimation …We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany … experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …

Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit genießt oberste wirtschaftspolitische Priorität - dieser Feststellung wird kaum …

job mobility of migrants and natives in Germany and distinguish among voluntary, involuntary, internal and other job … Einheimischen in Deutschland, wobei wir zwischen freiwilligen, unfreiwilligen, internen und anderen Wechseln unterscheiden. Wir …