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Overeducation - new evidence for 25 European countries
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016
This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452747
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Overeducation : new evidence for 25 European countries
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016
This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553984
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845664
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916540
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Transitions in the German labor market : structure and crisis
Krause, Michael; Uhlig, Harald - 2011
Since the so-called Hartz IV reforms around 2005 and during the global crisis of 2008/2009, the German labor market featured mainly declining unemployment rates. We develop a search and matching model with heterogeneous skills to explore the role of structural and cyclical policies for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490829
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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524339
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Walking wounded - the causal welfare loss of underemployment through overeducation
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Kleibrink, Jan - 2013
Using data from the SOEP, we analyze the wellbeing impact of underemployment through overeducation to examine a broader definition of employment loss. Persons leaving a job through exogenous reasons but entering directly into immediate employment may not find a perfect employment match and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763244
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Labour hoarding in Germany : employment effects of short-time work during the crises
Kruppe, Thomas; Scholz, Theresa - 2014
Arbeit zur tatsächlichen betrieblichen Inanspruchnahme von Kurzarbeit. Unsere Ergebnisse geben keinerlei Hinweise auf eine …Während der Wirtschaftskrise (2008-09) erlebte auch Deutschland einen starken Rückgang des Bruttoinlandsprodukts. Die … Instruments Kurzarbeit am sogenannten deutschen Arbeitsmarktwunder zu quantifizieren. Im Zuge dieser Literatur schätzen wir die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401763
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Short-time work and precautionary savings
Dengler, Thomas; Gehrke, Britta - 2021
In the Covid-19 crisis, most OECD countries use short-time work schemes (subsidized working time reductions) to preserve employment relationships. This paper studies whether short-time work can save jobs through stabilizing aggregate demand in recessions. We build a New Keynesian model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517675
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2017
Kurzarbeit ermöglicht eine temporäre Reduktion der Arbeitszeit von Arbeitnehmern in Firmen, die einer schwachen … diesem Papier zeigen wir, dass sich die Effekte diskretionärer Kurzarbeit deutlich über den Konjunkturzyklus verändern und in … Rezession und Expansion nichtlinear sind. In tiefen Rezessionen kann Kurzarbeit bis zu 0,8 Arbeitsplätze pro Kurzarbeiter …
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