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Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : seit Jahrzehnten in der Sackgasse

Berthold, Norbert; Berchem, Sascha von - 2005

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts scheint auch in Deutschland politische Bewegung in die Arbeitsmarktpolitik gekommen zu … der deutschen Arbeitsmarktpolitik hin zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Arbeitslosigkeit zu vermitteln.Doch hat eine … keinen echten Beitrag zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit leisten. In vielen Bereichen blieben die Reformschritte ein bloßes …

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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition: the German experience

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2008

We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...

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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? Evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and the private sector

Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2008

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...

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Migration and the wage curve: a structural approach to measure the wage and employment effects of migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - 2008

Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously...

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Self-employment dynamics, state dependence and cross-mobility patterns

Caliendo, Marco; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2008

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment increases the probability of self-employment...

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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting

Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...

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Crime and the labour market: evidence from a survey of inmates

Entorf, Horst - 2009

In this paper data from a survey of 1,771 inmates conducted in 31 German prisons provide microeconometric evidence on the relationship between individual anticipated labour market opportunities and the perceived probability of future recidivism. Results show that inmates with poor labour market...

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'I want to, but I also need to': start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2009

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? The dynamic effects of alternative training schemes

Osikominu, Aderonke - 2009

This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering both unemployment and employment duration....

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Benefit duration, unemployment duration and job match quality: a regression-discontinuity approach

Caliendo, Marco; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2009

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or entitlement, has a negative impact on the job...

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