What happens to the wages of regular workers in establishments subsidized with hiring subsidies? Does hiring programme participants result in windfalls that are distributed among regular workers? Do these reduce their wage demands to avoid being substituted by subsidized workers? Using linked...

"Die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland konnte in den letzten 10 Jahren zwar deutlich abgebaut werden. Dennoch stellen die Ziele der Arbeitsförderung weiterhin hohe Anforderungen an Politik und Arbeitsverwaltung. Neben den Vermittlungsaktivitäten nimmt die aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik dabei einen...

In this note, we provide evidence on the extent and determinants of sequential versus non-sequential search among German employers. Using unique representative data on employers' recruitment behavior, we exploit direct information on whether employers first formed a pool of applicants from which...