Das Krisenmanagement in der aktuellen zweiten Phase der Pandemie muss neben dem Gesundheitsschutz auch die Entwicklungen im wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Bereich in den Blick nehmen. Dafür sollten die Krisenstäbe in Bund und Ländern ein regelmäßig aktualisiertes und kompaktes "Dashboard"...

Despite the considerable effort and the large financial expenditures spent on measures of Active Labor Market Policy in Germany, relatively little is known about their actual impact. To the contrary, past evaluation efforts typically failed to construct a credible counterfactual situation a...

Using a retrospective monthly calendarium of individuals' major economic activities, this paper characterizes the monthly employment and unemployment rates and the monthly transition intensities between the states of employment, unemployment, and out-of-thelabor- force for the German labor...

Since interventions by the public sector generally commit substantial societal resources, the evaluation of effects and costs of policy interventions is imperative. This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be performed by...

It is often argued that the labor market outcomes of several "problem groupsʺ of German workers suffer disproportionately in an economic downturn. These groups are women, the unskilled, and young and old workers, respectively. Using monthly individual-level data for West Germany for the period...

Anfang 2020 schien das Thema der europäischen Politik für die nächsten Jahre klar zu sein. Ursula von der Leyen, die Präsidentin der EU-Kommission, setzte den Klimaschutz mit dem Leitmotiv »European Green Deal« ganz oben auf die politische Agenda. Nach ihm soll die EU bis 2050 als erster...

Using a retrospective monthly calendarium of individuals' major economic activities, this paper characterizes the monthly employment and unemployment rates and the monthly transition intensities between the states of employment, unemployment, and out-of-thelabor- force for the German labor...