Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … level of long-term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? … since the early 1980's. In contrast, long-term unemployment is much less of a problem in the United States. One potential …

Unemployment duration data derived from retrospective surveys often show an abnormal concentration of responses at … research based on unemployment duration data derived from the retrospective calendar information in the German Socio …-Economic Panel, where a very high proportion of all unemployment spells beginning in January or end in December of each year. We show …

. Der Strukturwandel wurde von den einzelnen Bundesländern mit unterschiedlichem Erfolg bewältigt. Eine Länder vermochten …

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

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 …-Economic Panel for West Germany covering the period 1983 to 1992. The focus of the study is on the importance of "negative duration …