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Occupational upgrading and the business cycle in West Germany
Büttner, Thomas; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2009
The occupational skill structure depends on the business cycle if employers respond to shortages of applicants during upturns by lowering their hiring standards. The notion and relevance of hiring standards adjustment was advanced by Reder and investigated formally in a search-theoretic...
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Can public employment subsidies render the German construction sector weather proof?
Arntz, Melanie; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003869343
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Employers' selection behavior during short-time work
Scholz, Theresa - 2012
Während der Rezession der Jahre 2008 und 2009 sank das BIP in Deutschland stark.Nichtsdestotrotz blieb das … Beschäftigungsniveau überraschend stabil. Das sogenannte deutsche Arbeitsmarktwunder wird oft auf die intensive Nutzung von Kurzarbeit … zurückgeführt. Trotz des Wiederauflebens dieses Instruments, ist über die von Kurzarbeit betroffenen Beschäftigten wenig bekannt …
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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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How relevant is job mismatch for German graduates?
Berlingieri, Francesco; Erdsiek, Daniel - 2012
In this study, we examine the incidence and direct consequences of job mismatch for German graduates. Beyond measuring job mismatch by the comparison of qualification obtained by employees and required for a job, we employ self-reported skill mismatch variables concerning overall skills and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663221
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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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Germany's short time compensation program : macroeconom(etr)ic insight
Will, Henner - 2011 - This version: November 2011 (first draft: September 2010)
Kurzarbeit war ein wesentliches Instrument der vergangenen Krise, aber kein Neuling. In der über einhundertjährigen … Kurzarbeit bei unterschiedlichen makroökonomischen Schocks immer wieder eine stabilisierende Wirkung. Das Paper versucht nach … Kurzarbeit - dass diese den Strukturwandel und notwendige Marktbereinigungen in Abschwüngen verschleppe - anhand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530413
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Labor demand during the crisis : what happened in Germany?
Bohachova, Olga; Boockmann, Bernhard; Buch, Claudia M. - 2011 - This version: October 2011
In Germany, the employment response to the post-2007 crisis has been muted compared to other industrialized countries. Despite a large drop in output, employment has hardly changed. In this paper, we analyze the determinants of German firms' labor demand during the crisis using a firm-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375256
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Okun's Law in der Krise : ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA. November 2011
Hutengs, Oliver; Stadtmann, Georg - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355599
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Explaining the German employment miracle in the great recession : the crucial role of temporary working time reductions
Sturn, Simon; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Lindner, Fabian - 2013
vergleichen diese jüngste Rezession mit früheren Rezessionen in Deutschland. Dabei untersuchen wir, in welche Ausmaß eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756548