From 1992 to 2006, part-time employment in western Germany has grown by 83%, whereas full-time employment has shrunk by 15%. In addition, employment schemes vary substantially across industries and industries which are themselves developed differently. The paper analyses the extent to which the...

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,...

This paper presents an overview of recently developed estimation methods for dynamic panel data models with spatial correlation.We discuss the specification, themain assumptions and the implications of themodel. Themost important estimation strategy is the application ofGeneralized Method of...

This paper contributes to the literature on macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies (ALMP) by considering the regional effects on both the matching process and the job-seeker rate. We use an unique new data set on all Austrian job-seekers between 2001 to 2007 and apply GMM...

Georeferenzierte Daten erlauben es erst malig, das Ausmaß und die Entwicklung von Lohnungleichheiten innerhalb deut scher Städte systematisch zu dokumen tieren und zu analysieren. Die kleinräumige Lohnungleichheit innerhalb von Großstädten ist in Ostdeutschland systematisch niedriger und...