Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have …, these factors are analyzed based on a microeconometric model of individual transitions from unemployment into employment and … dependence" arising from causal factors and "sorting" effects due to unobserved heterogeneity in the unemployment pool. I also …

between employment, unemployment and non-participation in the labour force at the individual level are derived from panel data …-state or 'equilibrium' unemployment rates for various groups of the labour force. It is shown that these differ greatly between …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …

for the dramatic decline in employment and the unprecedented increase in unemployment in the east German economy. …