The rise of Eastern Europe and German labor market reform : dissecting their effects on employment

Walter, Timo

The rise of Eastern Europe and German labor market reform : dissecting their effects on employment

dc.contributor.author	Walter, Timo	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T09:01:17Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T09:01:17Z
dc.date.created	2021-08-30
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description.abstract	From the early 1990s until 2005 the unemployment rate rose in Germany from 7.3% to 11.7%. While the unemployment rate reached its peak in 2005, it decreased steadily in the following years. On the one hand, the fourth stage of the German labor market reform (Hartz IV) was implemented in 2005 with the intent to cut the unemployment rate. On the other hand, the productivities in Germany and Eastern Europe grew strongly during the same period, enhancing the joint trade. The “rise of the East”, in terms of rising trade, is likely to have had an ambiguous effect on the German labor market. This paper investigates the employment effects of the “Hartz IV-Reform”. Further, it concentrates on the labor market effects of the German and Eastern European productivity shock. The focus lies on the national and county level (including 402 counties). As the effects on regional labor markets differ and take time, the paper builds on the dynamic and spatial trade model of Caliendo et al. (2019). I find that the “Hartz IV-Reform” and the German productivity contributes positively to the decline of unemployment, whereas the increase in Eastern European productivity is only responsible for a minor increase in unemployment.	en
dc.identifier.swb	1768032424
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6646
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-19362
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2021,05
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Dynamic trade model	en
dc.subject	Labor market reform	en
dc.subject	Trade liberalization	en
dc.subject	Productivity shocks	en
dc.subject	Germany	en
dc.subject	Eastern Europe	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Arbeitsmarktpolitik	de
dc.subject.gnd	Hartz-Reform	de
dc.subject.gnd	Osteuropa	de
dc.subject.gnd	Deutschland	de
dc.subject.gnd	Produktivität	de
dc.title	The rise of Eastern Europe and German labor market reform : dissecting their effects on employment	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1936
local.series.issueNumber	2021,05
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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