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How Rigid are Nominal Wages? Evidence and Implications for Germany

Knoppik, Christoph; Beissinger, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

Many of the recent attempts to find evidence of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data have suffered from a number of problems, including composition bias and the effects of measurement error. In order to avoid these problems we explicitly model the determinants of wage changes and the...

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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

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

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Offshoring and Labour Market Reforms: Modelling the German Experience

Beissinger, Thomas; Chusseau, Nathalie; Hellier, Joël - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

German economy since 1995: 1) Germany offshores more intensively than other advanced countries; 2) The increase in … Germany would have occurred without the Hartz reforms, but later and less intensively. We finally discuss the possible …

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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?

Burda, Michael C.; Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment …

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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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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …

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Don't Worry, Be Happy? Happiness and Reemployment

Krause, Annabelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

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Central School Exit Exams and Labor-Market Outcomes

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...

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Labor Market Reforms and the Great Recession

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

Germany can be regarded as a showcase for labor market reforms. Moreover, its labor market responded only mildly to the …

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Employment Stability of Entrants in Newly Founded Firms: A Matching Approach Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany

Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six …

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