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The Macroeconomics of the Labor Market: Three Fundamental Views

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …

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Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy

Snower, Dennis J.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis" whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...

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Making Work Pay for the Elderly Unemployed: Evaluating Alternative Policy Reforms for Germany

Haan, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We evaluate three policy reforms targeted at older unemployed people: (i) an hourly wage subsidy, (ii) an in-work credit, and (iii) a subsidy of social security contributions on low wages. The work incentive, labour supply and welfare effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the...

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis," according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance and that other markets may perform part of the equilibrating process as …

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Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...

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Is Germany the North Star of Labor Market Policy?

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

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An Incentive Theory of Matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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Punkte machen?! Warum Deutschland ein aktives Auswahlsystem für ausländische Fachkräfte braucht

Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In die deutsche Zuwanderungsdiskussion ist Bewegung gekommen. Es mehren sich die Stimmen, die mit Blick auf den einsetzenden Mangel an Fachkräften in einzelnen Segmenten des Arbeits-marktes für Deutschland die Einführung eines Punktesystems zur Auswahl geeigneter Zuwanderer aus...

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Zuwanderung, Demografie und Arbeitsmarkt: Fakten statt Vorbehalte

Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Die öffentliche Debatte um Zuwanderung und Integration wird auch heute, ein halbes Jahrhundert nach dem Beginn der neueren Immigrationsgeschichte der Bundesrepublik, noch oft unsachlich geführt. Über die durchweg positiven Erfahrungen mit den ökonomischen Zusammenhängen von Migration,...

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Zutritt zur Festung Europa? Neue Anforderungen an eine moderne Asyl- und Flüchtlingspolitik

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Die anhaltenden Asyl- und Flüchtlingsströme und der Antritt der neuen Europäischen Kommission am 1. November 2014 bieten Anlass für eine Debatte über ein Umdenken in der deutschen und europäischen Zuwanderungspolitik. Eine Abkehr vom „Festungsdenken“ ist dringend geboten. Die bisherige...

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