This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching frame-work, is replicated with a richer and more accurate data set for Germany. Their results are...

Governments use short-time work (STW) schemes to subsidize job preservation during crises. We study the take-up of STW and its effects on worker outcomes and firm behavior using German administrative data from 2009 to 2021. Establishments utilizing STW tend to have higher wages, be larger, and...

Governments use short-time work (STW) schemes to subsidize job preservation during crises. We study the take-up of STW and its effects on worker outcomes and firm behavior using German administrative data from 2009 to 2021. Establishments utilizing STW tend to have higher wages, be larger, and...

Suchtprobleme durch den Konsum von Alkohol, Medikamenten, Nikotin oder illegalen Drogen spielen in der Arbeitswelt eine größere Rolle als oft angenommen. Schätzungen gehen davon aus, dass bis zu 10 Prozent aller Beschäftigten Suchtmittel in missbräuchlicher Weise konsumieren vor allem...