Macroeconomic Evaluation of Labor Market Reform in Germany

In 2003-05 the German government implemented a number of far-reaching labor market reforms y the so-called Hartz reforms. At the heart of the reform package was the Hartz IV law, which resulted in a significant cut in the unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. The paper develops a macro...

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Volume:	61
Main Author:	TOM KREBS MARTIN SCHEFFEL
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	BASINGSTOKE Palgrave Macmillan 01.01.2013 PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
published in:	IMF economic review Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 664 - 701
Data of publication:	20130101
ISSN:	2041-4161 2041-417X
EISSN:	2041-417X
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Steady state economies Economic reform Human capital Unemployment rates Labor markets Macroeconomic modeling Unemployment insurance Macroeconomics Unemployment Macroeconomic reform Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Business, Finance Labor market Analysis Economic aspects Reports Forecasts and trends Germany Germany LIQUIDITY TERM MORAL HAZARD OPTIMAL UNEMPLOYMENT-INSURANCE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2013 Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS