Revisiting German labour market reform effects: a panel data analysis for occupational labour markets

Michael Stops

No 201502, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "There is an ongoing discussion that centres on the German labour market reforms (2003- 2005) and the role of these reforms in boosting the German economy. Considering that one of the main objectives of the reforms was to improve the matching process on the labour market, I use rich, high-frequency, and recent administrative panel data to present new details regarding the development of job-matching performance before and after the reform years. The results show that matching productivity increased during all reform stages and slightly deteriorated in 2009 (the year of the financial crisis), even after controlling for the recession. Furthermore, increases in matching productivity have become smaller in recent years. Beyond these findings, the results show detailed differences in the changes in matching productivity on occupational labour markets." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; Berufsgruppe; Beschäftigungseffekte; Effizienz; Hartz-Reform; matching; offene Stellen; Arbeitslosigkeit; Zu- und Abgänge; 2000-2011 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J44 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2015
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eff, nep-eur and nep-lab
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