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Impact of welfare sanctions on employment entry and exit from labor force : evidence from German survey data

Hillmann, Katja; Hohenleitner, Ingrid - 2015

Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift in 2005, towards activation policy by tightening their monitoring and sanction regime. With our study, we aim to provide causal evidence for whether an intended positive effect of benefit...

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Job creation schemes in turbulent times

Bergemann, Annette; Pohlan, Laura; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016

This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCS) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic environment. JCS were heavily used in order to cushion this...

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Educational attainment, age and the consequences of job loss : empirical evidence from Germany

Effenberger, Alexandra; Lauber, Verena; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2019

Education is a crucial determinant of labour market success. We investigate whether education is an appropriate means to cushion the negative consequences of job loss and study the role of age as a second major labour market factor. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years...

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Duration dependence as an unemployment stigma : evidence from a field experiment in Germany

Nüß, Patrick - 2017

Based on a correspondence experiment covering 3,124 fictitious job applications, the paper identifies and quantifies duration dependence in Germany, with a particular emphasis on company and vacancy characteristics as potential determinants. The experiment reveals that duration dependence...

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Duration dependence as an unemployment stigma : evidence from a field experiment in Germany

Nüß, Patrick - 2018

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Duration dependence as an unemployment stigma : evidence from a field experiment in Germany

Nüß, Patrick - 2017

. Dies deutet auf die Existenz eines Stigmas der Arbeitslosigkeit für Deutschland hin. Die Ergebnisse sind beeinflusst von … Duration dependence für Deutschland identifiziert und quantifiziert, wobei ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die Unternehmens- und … Unternehmensgröße stehen. Es findet sich keine Evidenz für ein Stigma der Arbeitslosigkeit welches in Verbindung mit der Art des …

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Do fixed-term contracts increase the long-term employment opportunities of the unemployed?

Hagen, Tobias - 2003

The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC improves the employment opportunities of an unemployed person in terms of the...

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Die Validität erfragter Reservationslöhne: ein Test auf Basis der stationären Suchtheorie

Christensen, Björn - 2003

Spiegeln in Befragungen ermittelte Reservationslöhne valide das wider, was nach der Suchtheorie zu erwarten wäre? Um diese Frage beantworten zu können, werden auf Basis der stationären Suchtheorie unter zu Hilfenahme von empirisch ermittelten Beobachtungen über den Sucherfolg von...

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Do the unemployed accept jobs too quickly? : a comparison with employed job seekers

Longhi, Simonetta - 2015

This paper analyses differences between unemployed and employed job seekers in job finding rates and in the quality of the job found. Compared to the unemployed, employed job seekers have a smaller pool of job offers that they consider acceptable; this leads to lower job finding rates but better...

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The relation between economic and non-economic incentives to work and employment chances among the unemployed

Nordlund, Madelene; Strandh, Mattias - 2014

In this study we address the relationship of self-reported reservation wages (RW) (the lowest offered income at which an unemployed persona will accept a job offer), the income replacement rate of unemployment benefit (IRUB) and psychosocial need for employment with job search intensity and...

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