large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up …

This paper deals with a critical assessment and a reestimation of the "non-accelerating in ation rate of unemployment …" (NAIRU) for Germany. There are quite a few obstacles to perceiving the NAIRU as an understandable and easy-to-use analytical … is made to estimate a NAIRU for Germany based on conventional Phillips curves as well as on new approaches such as using …

, in many African countries, unemployment rates are low and growth is seldom jobless. Regrettably, most of the poor work … long hours and cannot make ends meet while the violation of basic human rights is not uncommon. Again, youth unemployment …

, dass mit einer größeren Lohnspreizung die Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit bei gegebenem Output, Kapitaleinsatz und …

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …

of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human capital. Unemployed households receive unemployment benefits and … employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …

quits are important reasons for wage rigidities for high skilled labour. Compared to findings from the USA, in Germany …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …