This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1976. The theoretical section presents the derivation of an optimal reservation wage and shows the source of an ambiguity of some explanatory variables. The data basis are...

This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1976. The theoretical section presents the derivation of an optimal reservation wage and shows the source of an ambiguity of some explanatory variables. The data basis are...

This paper is devoted t.o an interpretation of both vacancy data and the Beveridgecurve. Officially reported vacancy data are critically reviewed. The theoretical foundation and empirical application of the Beveridge-curve is examined. We find that the Beveridge-curve is everything but a...

Die Bundesanstalt für Arbeit ist aufgrund von Manipulationen und Interpretationsspielräumen im Zusammenhang mit der Vermittlungsstatistik ins Kreuzfeuer der Kritik geraten. Als Konsequenz musste nicht nur der langjährige Präsident der BA, Bernhard Jagoda, sein Amt zur Verfügung stellen,...