In 1997, the German government enacted a reform of the unemployment insurance system which lead to a reduction of the maximum entitlement length for unemployment benefits. The paper analyses the effects of this…
In this paper the effects of social assistance reform proposals are discussed for the case of Germany using a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply.…
This study investigates institutional and economic reasons for downward wage rigidity regarding three occupational skill groups. Based on a survey of 801 firms in Germany and an econometric analysis, we find…
The paper surveys the empirical evidence on causal effects of education on earnings for germany and compares alternative studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the…
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