Institutional Reforms of 2006 and the Dramatic Rise in Old-Age Employment in Germany

The authors investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods enacted in Germany in 2006 affected older workers’ labor market transitions. The authors use rich administrative data and exploit a difference-in-differences approach. During 2004–2007, using monthly observations, they comp...

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Volume:	73
Main Author:	Riphahn, Regina T Schrader, Rebecca
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2020 SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC Sage Publications, Inc
published in:	Industrial & labor relations review Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 1185 - 1225
Data of publication:	20201000
ISSN:	0019-7939 2162-271X
EISSN:	2162-271X
Discipline:	Economics Law
Subjects:	Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Labor market Demographic aspects Employment Forecasts and trends Aged Social aspects Retirees Germany older workers labor force participation unemployment insurance employment retirement administrative data LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION MEN EARLY RETIREMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRENDS DURATION
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2020 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS