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

dc.contributor.authorWalter, Timode
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T09:01:17Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T09:01:17Z
dc.date.created2021-08-30
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractFrom 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.swb1768032424
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6646
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-19362
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2021,05
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dc.subjectDynamic trade modelen
dc.subjectLabor market reformen
dc.subjectTrade liberalizationen
dc.subjectProductivity shocksen
dc.subjectGermanyen
dc.subjectEastern Europeen
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.gndArbeitsmarktpolitikde
dc.subject.gndHartz-Reformde
dc.subject.gndOsteuropade
dc.subject.gndDeutschlandde
dc.subject.gndProduktivitätde
dc.titleThe rise of Eastern Europe and German labor market reform : dissecting their effects on employmentde
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlaceUniversität Hohenheimde
local.export.bibtex@techreport{Walter2021, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6646}, author = {Walter, Timo}, title = {The rise of Eastern Europe and German labor market reform : dissecting their effects on employment}, year = {2021}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorWalter, Timo
local.export.bibtexKeyWalter2021
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local.faculty.number3de
local.institute.number520de
local.opus.number1936
local.series.issueNumber2021,05
local.series.titleHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Economicsen
local.university.instituteInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehrede

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