In ihrem Beitrag zeigen PD Dr. Clemens Fuest und Dr. Marcel Thum, Universität München, dass sich auch bei imperfekten Arbeitsmärkten mit Tarifverhandlungen Immigrationsgewinne einstellen. Wie bei kompetitiven Arbeitsmärkten gehen die Effizienzgewinne aus der Zuwanderung aber einher mit...

This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income levels against losses in current income caused by economic downturns like the present financial crisis. We use a multi country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on...

The paper analyses the welfare effects of immigration when some sectors of the economy are characterized by wage bargaining between unions and employers. We show that immigration is unambiguously beneficial if the wage elasticity of labor demand in the competitive sectors is smaller than in the...

This paper presents scenarios of the shutdown costs in terms of lost value added for Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and UK. The shutdown phase will lead to considerable production losses and large declines in GDP this year. Lasting longer than a month, the losses within the...