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The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns …
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place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor. …
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It is often argued that the high level of welfare claims in Germany causes little incentive for workers with low …
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In this paper we develop a model to consistently estimate the intertemporal labor supply behavior on the extensive margin (participation decision) and the intensive margin (working hours decision). In this framework we distinguish between voluntary non-participation and involuntary unemployment...
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administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …
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West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non …
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individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or … unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …
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Standard job search theory assumes that unemployed individuals have perfect information about the effect of their … search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …
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In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income during job search by taking up …
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assumptions which are consistent with economic theory, e.g. log-normally distributed consumption preferences, the Bayesian method …
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