unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method …

unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method …

This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. Our main contribution is to … provides a valid approximation of observed wages and matching patterns for a large part of the data. For low-type workers …

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

countries - Germany and France - on the domestic and foreign economy. We test the implications of the gains in matching …

contracted out so far in Germany. In this paper a microeconometric evaluation of this system using propensity score matching is …In recent years, coinciding with the discussion led in many OECD countries, Germany has started to contract out …

Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth …, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the …