analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … wage inequality in Germany …

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

percentage points for females in West, and eight and 14 percentage points, respectively, in East Germany. We find that neither …

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by …

structure in Germany. Motivated by search theory, we use the data to explore descriptively labor market transitions and features …

This paper provides new estimates of a time-varying NAIRU for Germany taking account of the structural break caused by … inflation rates is employed. Therefore, either the NAIRU concept is not applicable to Germany or, as it is our suggestion, one … compatible with 2 percent inflation in Germany is currently around 7 percent if the definition of unemployment follows the …

Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of … paper estimates the effects of short-term training programs in West Germany starting in the time period 1980 to 1992 and …