From 2002-2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for older unemployed, which was effective during 2006 and...

From 2002-2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for older unemployed, which was effective during 2006 and...

A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...

We consider the semiparametric generalised linear regression model which has mainstream empirical models such as the (partially) linear mean regression, logistic and multinomial regression as special cases. As an extension to related literature we allow a misclassified covariate to be interacted...

Im Februar 2006 verkürzte der Gesetzgeber die maximale Bezugsdauer des Arbeitslosengeldes für ältere Arbeitsnehmer von zuvor bis zu 32 Monaten auf 18 Monate. Kurz vor der Reform wurden relativ viele ältere Arbeitnehmer arbeitslos; nach dem Inkrafttreten waren es hingegen deutlich weniger als...

type="main" xml:id="geer12014-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>We present first empirical results on the effects of a large scale reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths on unemployment inflows in Germany. We show that this highly disputed element of the Hartz-Reforms in 2006 induced a rush of...</p>

A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...

Ab Februar 2006 veränderte der Gesetzgeber die maximale Bezugsdauer des Arbeitslosengeldes für Ältere von zuvor 32 Monaten auf 18 Monate. Kurz vor der Reform wurden relativ viele Ältere arbeitslos; nach dem Inkrafttreten waren es hingegen deutlich weniger als vorher. Das ZEW, das IAB und die...