A wage curve is a decreasing function of wages on the regional unemployment rate. Most empirical studies on the wage curve ignore possible spatial interaction effects between the regions which are the primary units of research. This paper reconsiders the western German wage curve with a special...

Empirische Analysen mit Paneldaten sind aus der wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung seit Beginn der 80er Jahren nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Beliebtheit resultiert unter anderem aus der Möglichkeit, mithilfe von Paneldaten unbeobachtete Unterschiede zwischen den...

The analysis of active labour market policies (ALMP) at the macroeconomic level measures net effects on labour market outcomes. These net effects consist of direct treatment effects on participants as well as indirect effects on non-participants and on the economy as a whole, e.g. deadweight,...