Dissertations / Theses: 'Unemployment, germany'

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Westerheide, Nina [Verfasser]. "Penalized splines - estimation with longitudinal unemployment data : analyses of unemployment durations and unemployment risks in Germany / Nina Westerheide. Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, Hochschulschriften, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1026679915/34.

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Biewald, Anne. "A dynamic life cycle model for Germany with unemployment uncertainty." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3311/.

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This work analyzes the saving and consumption behavior of agents faced with the possibility of unemployment in a dynamic and stochastic life cycle model. The intertemporal optimization is based on Dynamic Programming with a backward recursion algorithm. The implemented uncertainty is not based on income shocks as it is done in traditional life cycle models but uses Markov probabilities where the probability for the next employment status of the agent depends on the current status. The utility function used is a CRRA function (constant relative risk aversion), combined with a CES function (constant elasticity of substitution) and has several consumption goods, a subsistence level, money and a bequest function.
Diese Arbeit modelliert das Spar- und Konsumverhalten von Individuen in Deutschland mit einem Lebenszyklusmodell. Dabei hat das Modell zwei Besonderheiten, erstens trifft die Möglichkeit arbeitslos zu werden nicht jeden Agenten des Models mit der gleichen Wahrscheinlichkeit, sondern wird von Bildungsabschluss und dem Beschäftigungsstatus des Agenten beeinflußt und zweitens weicht die verwendete Nutzenfunktion von den Standardnutzenfunktionen ab und implementiert Vererbung, Geld, verschiedene Güter und Subsistenzlevel. Der Optimierungsalgorithmus basiert auf Dynamischer Programmierung.

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Toft, Christian. "Unemployment compensation and unemployment in the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany and Denmark : an institutional and economic analysis." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273024.

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Gangl, Markus. "Unemployment dynamics in the United States and West Germany : economic restructuring, institutions and labor market processes /." Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0817/2004425129-t.html.

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Davey, Paul C. "The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Duration on Job Quality: Evidence from Post-Hartz Germany." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104377.

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Thesis advisor: Andrew Beauchamp
This paper examines the effect of changes in the duration of unemployment insurance on various measures of post-unemployment job quality within the context of Germany after the Hartz reforms. I find a significant positive effect of UI duration on re-employment wage, as well as significant effects for certain demographic groups indicating increased occupational prestige, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with hours of work. I find no significant effect on distance from home to work. I find that the positive relationship between UI eligibility and unemployment duration is based solely on the unemployment durations of those who exit the labor force after unemployment; I find no evidence of a link between UI eligibility and unemployment duration for those who found jobs at the end of their unemployment spells. To understand these results, I propose several possible explanations: heterogenous job search behaviors among those with different UI durations, a psychological burden of impending UI exhaustion, a negotiation advantage of a higher reservation wage for those with longer eligibility, or the possibility that my data simply failed to observe a positive relationship between UI duration and unemployment duration. Finally, I present one possible policy response to these findings, aimed at reducing the problem of free riding
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Departmental Honors
Discipline: Economics

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Lehmann, Hartmut F. "Labour market flows and labour market policies in the British Isles, Poland and Eastern Germany since 1980." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1993. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1345/.

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This thesis utilizes flow analyses of the labour market in order to examine two key issues. First, to asses the effectiveness of active labour market policies in Britain, Ireland and Poland. Secondly, it allows us to characterize and quantify movements between labour market states which have been occurring on an unprecedented scale in economies undergoing transition. Chapters 1 and 2 investigate whether active labour market policies in Britain and Ireland have been instrumental in curing or preventing partial hysteresis due to long-term unemployment. In models of the determination of overall and duration-specific outflow rates from unemployment, the predictive power of active measures variables is tested. Chapter 3 uses the 'lista 500' panel data set to test the hypothesis that after the decentralizing reforms of the early eighties simple models of profit maximization can explain labour adjustment by large Polish enterprises. Chapter 4 traces the build up of unemployment in Poland by characterizing the composition and determinants of flows between various labour market states. Traditional flow analysis is amended by dividing the state employment into the sub-states, private and state sector employment, and by emphasizing the institutional framework unique to the Polish labour market in its first stage of transition. In Chapter 5 a unique panel data set is used to quantify labour market transitions in Eastern Germany in the first year after unification. Multinomial logit regressions are employed to highlight the determinants of the estimated transition rates. The applicability of standard models of labour market transitions to labour markets in transforming economies is also tested. Chapter 6 uses Voivodship-level aggregate panel data to evaluate passive and active labour market policies in Poland which took shape in 1991 and 1992. We also test for the existence of a well behaved matching technology in the Polish labour market. The methodology of Chapters 1 and 2 is modified to account for the panel nature of the data.

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Drechsler, Denis. "Unemployment in Germany and the Eurosclerosis debate : Can the Hartz reforms induce higher employment?" Universität Potsdam, 2005. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/903/.

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Many European countries have experienced a significant increase of unemployment in recent years. This paper reviews several theoretical models that try to explain this phenomenon.
Predominantly, these models claim a link between the poor performance of European labor markets and the high level of market regulation. Commonly referred to as the Eurosclerosis debate, prominent approaches consider insider-outsider relationships, search-models, and the influence of hiring and firing costs on equilibrium employment.
The paper presents empirical evidence of each model and studies the relevance of the identified rigidities as a determinant of high unemployment in Europe.
Furthermore, a case study analyzes the unemployment problem in Germany and critically discusses new reform efforts. In particular this section analyzes whether the recently enacted Hartz reforms can induce higher employment.

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McGinnity, Frances. "Who benefits? : a comparison of welfare and outcomes for the unemployed in Britain and Germany." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365534.

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Hillmann, Katja [Verfasser], and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] Funke. "Transitions between employment, unemployment and entrepreneurial activities - evidence from Germany / Katja Hillmann. Betreuer: Michael Funke." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1106404637/34.

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Strauss, Susanne. "Volunteering and social inclusion interrelations between unemployment and civic engagement in Germany and Great Britain." Wiesbaden VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, 2007. http://d-nb.info/985819154/04.

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Hillmann, Katja Verfasser], and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] [Funke. "Transitions between employment, unemployment and entrepreneurial activities - evidence from Germany / Katja Hillmann. Betreuer: Michael Funke." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-79184.

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Nüß, Patrick. "An empirical analysis of the Phillips Curve : A time series exploration of Germany." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-27177.

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The purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between inflation and unemployment in Germany during the period from 1970 to 2012. Through the methods of cointegration, dynamic OLS and an error correction model, this paper highlights that there is no short run negative relationship between inflation and unemployment, and consequently the short run Phillips curve is an unsuitable instrument for making political decisions. Furthermore, there is a long run relationship between inflation and unemployment, which can be explained with asymmetric nominal wage rigidities and resulting frictional growth. Resulting policy implications reflect the advantage of a permanent higher inflation target for Germany. Since the beginning of the European Monetary Union, Germany has been on average 0.5% under the permanent inflation target of the central bank. Therefore, by using fiscal policy, Germany can reduce permanent unemployment without missing the inflation target of the central bank. Finally, despite of variety of intensive changes in the macroeconomic situation and particularly through the establishment of the European Monetary Union, the CUSUM and CUSUMsq test reveal that the estimate holds validity over the entire observation period and has not changed since the beginning of the European Monetary Union.

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McLeod, Christopher Bruce. "Unemployment and health in context and comparison : a study of Canada, Germany, and the United States of America." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15969.

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This thesis explores how societal-level factors influence the relationship between unemployment and health. Using the Varieties of Capitalism (VOC) framework, hypotheses are developed that specify how this relationship may vary across high-income countries. Economies of high-income countries are grouped into coordinated market (CMEs) and liberal market (LMEs) economies that have different production specializations, but similar economic growth and aggregate levels of wealth and which are supported by different economic and labour market institutions. I hypothesize that these institutional differences give rise to different risks, types and durations of unemployment. After controlling for these differences, it is hypothesized that the higher levels of unemployment protection in CMEs will mediate the effect of unemployment on health compared to LMEs and that there will also be an interaction between skill level and unemployment and health. Two empirical studies are conducted to test these hypotheses using longitudinal micro-data from representative LME (Canada and the United States) and CME (Germany) countries. The first study examines the relationship between unemployment and mortality for Germany and the United States. The risk of death for the unemployed is higher in the United States compared to Germany, especially for the minimum- and medium-skilled unemployed. In Germany the risk of death for the unemployed is concentrated among East Germans. The second study examines the relationship between unemployment and self-reported health status for Canada, Germany and the United States. Across all countries unemployment is associated with poorer self-reported health status, but there is marked effect modification by educational status and by receipt of unemployment compensation. In particular, there is no association for the high-skilled unemployed in the United States, but for minimum- and medium-skilled unemployed those not receiving unemployment compensation have the highest risk of poorer self-reported health status. Policy makers should consider the effect on the health of the unemployed when designing programmes for the unemployed. Future research needs to examine the role that social programmes and in particular public transfers have in reducing health inequalities, not only among the unemployed, but also among workers in other work arrangements that may be harmful to their health.

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Clasen, Jochen. "Unemployment and social security : a comparative analysis of benefits for the unemployed in Great Britain and West Germany." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19630.

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The thesis examines the development of unemployment compensation in Great Britain and West Germany between the mid 1960s and the end of the 1980s. The main objective is to identify the relative importance and interrelation of factors leading to decisions affecting the level, duration and conditions of assistance and insurance benefits for unemployed people in a comparative context. Policy decisions can only partly be explained, it is argued, with reference to political, economic and ideological factors. Benefit changes were influenced by the level of unemployment, the perception of unemployment as a social and political problem, economic developments, economic policy doctrines adopted by governments, and the composition of governments. However, outcomes were also strongly influenced by different welfare state traditions, principles and institutional arrangements. In West Germany, insurance benefit levels have traditionally been closely related to previous earnings. Income support arrangements for unemployed people are fragmented into separate administrative funding mechanisms, based on three different social security principles. In the traditional British welfare state context the principle of contributory unemployment benefits has remained less developed and inferior to the idea of modest flat-rate income support. Both insurance and assistance benefits are centrally administered and financed. The study seeks to demonstrate that these institutional variables or 'welfare legacies' acted as factors which guided, constrained or facilitated policy decisions to a considerable degree by shaping interests and narrowing the scope of seriously considered policy options.

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Goldschmidt, Tina. "Immigration, Social Cohesion, and the Welfare State : Studies on Ethnic Diversity in Germany and Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-141582.

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Can social cohesion and solidarity persist in the face of large-scale migration? One particularly contentious hypothesis states that native majorities will be unwilling to support the provision of government-funded welfare to those whom they do not consider to be part of their own sociocultural ingroup, especially when sociocultural or ethnic otherness and socioeconomic disadvantage overlap. Consequently, majorities’ willingness to accept disadvantaged immigrant groups as legitimate and trusted members of the welfare community is central to the social cohesion of societies diversifying through migration. The dissertation consists of a comprehensive summary, followed by four original studies addressing the interplay between migration-induced diversity and social cohesion through the lens of majority attitudes and the micro and macro contexts within which they are embedded. The studies focus on Sweden and Germany, two European societies that host strong welfare states and large immigrant populations. Together, they seek to answer two central questions: First, does social distance between native-born citizens and immigrants lead the former to withdraw support from all redistributive policies, or are some types of welfare more affected than others? Second, how does the migration-induced diversification of societies come to matter for majority attitudes toward the welfare state and, as they are closely related, for majority attitudes toward the trustworthiness of others? Looking at the case of Germany, Study 1 shows that the conflict between diversity and welfare solidarity is not expressed in a general majority opposition to welfare, but rather in an opposition to government assistance benefiting immigrants – a phenomenon sometimes referred to as welfare chauvinism. Study 2 turns to the case of Sweden and investigates three pathways into welfare chauvinism: via the first-hand experience of immigrant unemployment and putative welfare receipt in the neighborhood context; via exposure to immigrant competition at the workplace; and via negative prejudice against immigrants. We find that the direct observation of immigrant unemployment in the neighborhood increases natives’ preference for spending on other Swedes over spending on immigrants, while competition with immigrants at the workplace does not. Using the same Swedish data, Study 3 hypothesizes that ethnically diverse workplaces imply trust-fostering inter-group contact. Yet, like in Study 2, we find a negative relationship between majority Swedes’ exposure to certain immigrant groups in the neighborhood and their trust in neighbors, while diverse workplaces neither seem to increase trust nor to affect the negative neighborhood-level association. Both Studies 2 and 3 show that negative attitudes toward immigrants increase welfare chauvinism and lower trust, even disregarding majority Swedes’ actual experience of immigrant presence or unemployment. Study 4 thus turns to a social force outside the realm of first-hand experience and explores German online news media debates on the welfare deservingness of various sociodemographic groups – among them, immigrants (as refugees in particular). However, rather than observing the persistent and particular stigmatization of immigrants as undeserving recipients or untrustworthy abusers of welfare, we find much more nuanced descriptions in our vast corpus of news stories.

At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Manuscript.

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Gumy, Julia Marina. "The impact of unemployment, childbirth and partnership dissolution on the transition to perceived problematic debt in the United Kingdom, Germany and Luxembourg." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648189.

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Hogenacker, Jens Andreas [Verfasser], and Marco [Akademischer Betreuer] Caliendo. "Essays on the transition from unemployment to employment with a special emphasis on start-up subsidies in Germany / Jens Hogenacker ; Betreuer: Marco Caliendo." Potsdam : Universität Potsdam, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1218400226/34.

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Hogenacker, Jens [Verfasser], and Marco [Akademischer Betreuer] Caliendo. "Essays on the transition from unemployment to employment with a special emphasis on start-up subsidies in Germany / Jens Hogenacker ; Betreuer: Marco Caliendo." Potsdam : Universität Potsdam, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1218400226/34.

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Thomsen, Stephan Lothar. "Evaluating the employment effects of job creation schemes in Germany." Heidelberg : [Mannheim] : Physica-Verlag ; ZEW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1950-2.

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Westling, Isabelle. "Deutscher, Ex-DDR-Bürger oder Ossi? : Identifikation und Selbstbild der Ostdeutschen -30 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80707.

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In 1990, Germany once again became a reunited country after the collapse of the socialistic German Democratic Republic [GDR]. Although most of the East Germans were positive about the reunification, the consequences of their transformation into the West German system came as a shock to many. The current study examines what successful and unsuccessful socialization processes look like, how identities are constructed, and why work, family, and free-time activities are important. More specifically, the study focuses on what these elements looked like in the GDR. Research shows that many East Germans had troubles adjusting to the new type of society after the reunification. Together, the results of this study demonstrate that there are still significant differences on several factors between East and West Germans today. Discrepancies continue to exist in integration and work, with the unemployment rate in the East of Germany still being higher than in the West. In terms of identity construction, even after 20 years since the reunification (in 2009) over 50% of the East Germans still identified themselves as “East Germans” rather than “Germans”. Values also differ, with East Germans tending to value social security more than West Germans and maintaining higher expectations for the involvement of the government. These differences can be traced back to socialistic socialization processes in East Germans and shows how the GDR continues to affect the identities and integration of East Germans.

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Rosa, Gonzalez Juan Miguel. "The influence of expatriation on self-concept and identity: Spanish self-initiated expatriate and repatriate nurses in Germany." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/414286.

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This research program explores the experiences of Spanish self-initiated expatriate (SIE) nurses in Germany and repatriated from Germany, aiming to understand how they perceive the influence of expatriation on their self-concept and identity. Expatriation usually implies a context of decreased sources of social validation, due to the disruption in expatriates’ environment. The process of adjusting to a novel sociocultural setting can pose challenges to the self-concept and to the identities that sustain it, while also providing opportunities for personal development. Despite the relevance of identity for psychological well-being, the implications of expatriation for expatriates’ self-concept and identities remain an under-researched topic in the field. The present research investigates this issue from a constructivist paradigm and through qualitative methodology. It is based in literature on expatriation and identity, and employs, as method of data collection, semi-structured interviews with Spanish SIE nurses in Germany (n=20); Spanish nurses repatriated from Germany (n=10); and key informants (KIs) from private and public organisations (n=7). The research program comprises three studies. Study One explores the perceptions of KIs who are knowledgeable of the context of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany. Study Two focuses on Spanish SIE nurses in Germany and repatriated from Germany, exploring their expatriation experiences in detail. Finally, Study Three focuses on a group of participants from Study Two, aiming to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their experiences. The research program addresses the research aim through five research questions: RQ1 – How do the motives for self-initiated expatriation and the pre-departure information of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany affect their expatriation experience? RQ2 – How do cross-cultural interactions affect self-conceptions of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany? RQ3 – How does the expatriation experience affect the perceived personal development of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany? RQ4 – What are the push/pull forces affecting the intentions of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany regarding continued expatriation/repatriation? RQ5 – How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect the expatriation experience of Spanish SIE nurses in Germany? The findings show that low proficiency in the host country language (HCL) and the challenging workplace interactions that ensued, threatened both the self-concept and the professional identity of the Spanish nurses. Employment in lower skilled or unskilled nursing jobs in Germany posed further challenges to their role identity. The language barrier and perceived cultural differences prompted their reliance on social networks of fellow Spaniards, mostly other nurses, from whom they obtained social validation. Over time, the participants’ higher proficiency in the HCL led to increased positive feedback in the workplace, which together with perceptions of personal growth and achievement, enabled them to rebuild positive self-conceptions and validate their professional identity. An important outcome of the expatriation experience was the nurses perceived themselves as stronger, self-confident, and resilient, after overcoming challenges in Germany. The nurses’ motivation for self-initiated expatriation, based on the strong push of unemployment in Spain, impacted negatively on their experiences in Germany, as they were not proactive in acquiring reliable pre-departure information (RQ1). This, in turn, translated into unrealistic expectations regarding living and working conditions in Germany, which contributed to the challenges posed by language barriers and unskilled nursing positions. The nurses’ low proficiency in the HCL translated into challenging workplace interactions, which threatened their positive self-conceptions, while perceived cultural differences between home and host countries reinforced cultural identity salience amongst the participants (RQ2). The research found that restored positive self-conceptions and a strong perception of personal growth and achievement enabled personal identity development (RQ3). Family in the home country was the main pull force for repatriation amongst the Spanish nurses, together with cultural differences, home country lifestyle and the possibility to work in their first language, while the main pull force for continued expatriation was professional and financial stability in the host country (RQ4). Finally, the nurses experienced a psychological burden due to an information overload about the impact of COVID-19 in Spain, concern regarding their families in the home country, and travel restrictions (RQ5). Nevertheless, the pandemic reinforced the participants’ intention to continue their expatriation, due to their perceptions of personal safety in the host country, and negative appraisal of job and economic prospects in Spain. This research program contributes to theory building on the influence of expatriation on self-concept and identity, by showing the effects of low proficiency in the HCL and unskilled positions on self-conceptions and role identity, the salience of cultural identity in the face of cultural differences, and personal development during expatriation. The results provide evidence of the connection between language and identity in the context of expatriation, underlining how language influences self-conceptions and social identification. Together with providing insights into identity outcomes of expatriation, the research extends current understanding of SIEs’ experiences, which are still less known than those of Assigned Expatriates (AEs). Specifically, it studies a group of SIEs in the type of professional roles that expatriation literature has tended to overlook, and shows how their experiences differ from those of high-status SIEs from highly developed countries. In terms of practical implications, the findings allow recommendations for SIEs and the organisations involved with them to be advanced. The results underline the need to ensure that SIEs acquire reliable pre-departure information and achieve sufficient HCL proficiency before entering the host country workplace. Furthermore, cross-cultural training for SIEs and HCNs could promote cultural awareness amongst multinational teams, thus buffering the effects of cultural differences in workplace interactions.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Bus Strategy & Innovation
Griffith Business School
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Theodoropoulou, Sotiria. "The political economy of unemployment, labour market institutions and macroeconomic policies in open economies : the cases of Germany and the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2008. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/191/.

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The question that this thesis addresses is how western European countries with regulated labour markets managed to reduce their unemployment rates in the 1980s and 1990s. Most of the accounts in mainstream economics literature have been trying to explain this turnaround in performance in terms of labour market reforms that were undertaken in the direction of deregulation and by stressing potential interactions between such reforms in labour market policies, backing their claims with econometric evidence that is usually not robust. This thesis takes a different approach both theoretically and empirically. Theoretically, it develops the hypothesis that in open economies, coordinated collective wage bargaining can lead to moderate wage/price outcomes in the presence of conservative/stability oriented macroeconomic policies even in the presence of generous labour market protection policies. Moreover, in countries with regulated labour markets, the effectiveness of moderate bargaining outcomes and labour market reforms in combating unemployment will depend on the size and openness of the economy: the smaller and more open an economy is, the more effective moderate bargaining outcomes and labour market reforms will be in reducing the equilibrium rate of unemployment. This hypothesis is an alternative to the ‘deregulation thesis’ rather than a competing one. This hypothesis is explored and further qualified in this thesis through qualitative comparative analysis-QCA with fuzzy-sets and the detailed study of the cases of the Netherlands and Germany in the 1980s and the 1990s. The upshot of the analysis of this thesis is that the effects of labour market policies and institutions on labour market performance should be considered within the context of macro-level institutions (e.g. macroeconomic policies) and characteristics (e.g. openness to trade) if we want to accurately assess the need to reform them.

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Strašková, Tereza. "Nezaměstnanost mladých osob ve vybraných státech Evropské unie." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359609.

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The thesis examines youth unemployment in European Union, specifically in Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic. The main goal of the study is to coherently evaluate a development of youth unemployment rate since 2005, and to find out its fundamental causes. The thesis is split into two parts. The first part covers a theoretical background of the chosen topic. The following part, firstly, investigates individual countries in terms of labour market development, impacts of the world crises, and educational systems. Subsequently, the rate of young unemployed people in the selected countries is analysed. The work investigates the development of youth unemployment rate, the long-term youth unemployment rate, the NEET, and the European Union actions.

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Voßemer, Jonas [Verfasser], Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] Gebel, Mattias [Akademischer Betreuer] Strandh, and Henriette [Akademischer Betreuer] Engelhardt-Wölfler. "The economic and non-economic consequences of job loss, unemployment, and inadequate re-employment in Germany and Europe / Jonas Voßemer ; Michael Gebel, Mattias Strandh, Henriette Engelhardt-Wölfler." Bamberg : Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1182992722/34.

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Barabasch, Antje. "Risk and the school-to-work transition in East Germany and the United States." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07262006-155533/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2005.
Richard D. Lakes, committee chair; Philo Hutcheson, Jennifer R. Esposito, Philipp Gonon, committee members. Electronic text (451 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 5, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-411).

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Bachmeier, Andreas. "Wirtschaftspopulismus die Instrumentalisierung von Arbeitslosigkeit in Wahlkämpfen." Wiesbaden VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2833704&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Zugl.: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 2006 u.d.T.: Wirtschaftspopulismus : die Instrumentalisierung von Arbeitslosigkeit in Bundestagswahlkämpfen. Eine Analyse der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 1994, 1998 und 2002 am Beispiel des Themas Arbeitslosigkeit.
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Bachmann, Ronald. "A dynamic approach to Germany's unemployment problem." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2007. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/550639683.pdf.

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Dostal, JoÌˆrg Michael. "The political administration of unemployment : explaining the British and German case, 1973-2003." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421888.

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Neunsinger, Silke. "Die Arbeit der Frauen – die Krise der Männer : Die Erwerbstätigkeit verheirateter Frauen in Deutschland und Schweden 1919–1939." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of History, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-1301.

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In 1939 a law was passed in Sweden which forbade employers to dismiss female employees because of marriage or pregnancy. In Germany a law had been introduced already in 1932, which gave employers the right to dismiss a woman when she married. It also gave women right to end their employment for the same reason. The political decisions behind these legal changes were in both cases the result of an extended debate on the right of employment of married women. This debate occurred in most industrialised European countries in the interwar period.

The increasing participation of women on the labour market was by some groups interpreted as a cause of mass unemployment. Economic crisis contributed to a crisis of masculinity, which then led to attacks on the rights of married women to paid employment. In Sweden there was a state commission set up in 1936 with the task of investigating women’s employment. This commission, kvinnoarbetskommittén, managed to demonstrate that dismissing women would not lead to a lowering of the unemployment figures for men, a task they accomplished through detailed studies of several labour market areas. The report of the commission guided the decision of parliament, a decision taken when the economic depression had already turned to a boom period. The composition of the commission as well as its work was a consequence of the strong influence of the Swedish women’s movement.

In Germany the rights of women to paid employment was limited already in 1923 as the result of the financial crisis of the state. During the depression the attacks on married women’s right to employment became a political tool, which could be used both in foreign and domestic policy. Dismissing married women employed as civil servants was aimed to quash the demands of unemployed men. A prime target in the foreign policy was to convince the victors of World War I that reparations exceeded the ability of the German nation, a nation which had been badly stricken by economic crisis and unemployment. With this argument a solution of the unemployment issue was given second priority.

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Karpinski, Melanie J. "Towards a new aesthetic of tragedy : technology work and unemployment in the plays of Franz Xaver Kroetz." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341887.

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Beck, Vanessa Anne. "German women's individual and social responses to unemployment : a comparison of the Saarland and Saxony-Anhalt." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251845.

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Tůmová, Veronika. "Sociální politika EU včetně komparace systémů Německa a Švédska." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-18100.

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The thesis describes the historical evolution of the EU social policy, clarifies the concept of the European social model and deals with characteristics of the basic models of the European social policy. The essential part of the thesis is devoted to the comparison of the social systems in Germany and Sweden from the point of view of the amount of taxes and social contributions, the structure of receipts and expenditure on social policy, the systems of old age pension schemes, the family policy and the unemployment benefit. The comparison shows some typical elements of the social state model that these two countries represent. The attention is also devoted to the contemporary challenges which the European social model has to face, especially the demographic development and aspects of globalization. The attitude and responses of the European Union to these challenges are also mentioned here.

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Brady, Anne. "From no work to work? : the role of job placement and skills training services in assisting unemployment Benefit II recipients find work under Germany's Hartz IV welfare reforms." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3077/.

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This thesis presents the results of a qualitative investigation of Unemployment Benefit II (UBII) recipients' experiences of skill training and job placement services under Germany's Hartz IV welfare reforms—arguably a (neo-) liberal intervention in the context of what has traditionally been described as a conservative-corporatist welfare regime. This thesis explores the experience of skills training and job placement services in terms of the degree to which these support mechanisms engage with UBII recipients’ needs and perceptions and how these necessarily reflect the purposes of the support and activation mechanisms (to provide support to and assist the long-term unemployed find work) and the underlying policy assumptions (that the long-term unemployed need to be made to demonstrate responsibility in finding work). The evidence presented suggests such services have not necessarily provided a route into regular employment. Instead the ‘support’ mechanisms tend to ‘busy’ the recipients; to be irrelevant to the recipients’ employment history and/or future interests; and not to match what recipients wish to, or are interested in, doing. Secondly, the policy rhetoric and design of the Hartz IV reforms implied, ostensibly, a shift with some cultural significance—from social solidarity to individual responsibility; from old (conservative) to new (neo-liberal) paternalism. The thesis examines UBII recipients’ perception of their ‘right’ to and ‘responsibility’ in finding work. The evidence suggests that popular discourse and understandings of the right to and responsibility in finding work in Germany are not so distinct or dissimilar from the Anglophone world. Finally, this thesis identifies a potential contradiction within the German government’s political objective of providing support (Fördern) to recipients in return for UBII recipients demonstrating responsibility (Fordern) in finding work. The findings suggest there is little need to make unemployed Germans feel ‘responsible’ for finding work. The demands placed on recipients to demonstrate to case managers that they are taking responsibility for finding work may undermine the recipient’s ability responsibly to look for work. And UBII recipients may ‘trick’ the system to meet these demands, ostensibly wasting the time and resources of Jobcenter staff and UBII recipients. This thesis concludes by arguing that Fördern and Fordern are ultimately not compatible within a policy framework. Where Fordern (demand/require) exists in conjunction with the threat of sanctions for non-compliance, there is too much of a chance that Fördern (support), in the form of job placement and skill training services, will be used to regulate the conduct of and discipline UBII recipients rather than provide legitimate support. Thus, any support provided starts to break down as soon as Fordern is inserted into the policy framework.

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PIRIU, ANDREEA ALEXANDRA. "ESSAYS ON GLOBALISATION: EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/728739.

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This thesis studies the effects of import competition from China and Eastern Europe on the health and fertility decisions of German individuals working in manufacturing. Individuals are matched with separate measures of exposure to competition from China and Eastern Europe, respectively. To isolate exogenous supply shocks from the origin, instrumental variables for competition from each of China and Eastern Europe are constructed. Results in Chapter 1 suggest that higher import competition worsens individual health via job displacement, wage decline, shortened employment duration, increased reliance on welfare and less future orientation, with Chinese import competition affecting individuals twice as much. Health declines as individuals increase their visits to the doctor, exercise less frequently and have a higher probability of developing chronic illness. Also, there is some evidence that individuals do not tend to become disabled but may be slowly pushed into chronic illness. Findings in Chapter 2 show that import competition negatively affects the individual’s probability of having children via reduced earnings, lower satisfaction with personal income and shortened employment duration. The chapter then investigates effects of import exposure by gender. Results show that male and female fertility choices differ upon rising import competition. Higher import exposure lowers female earnings and job autonomy, which in turn generates a lower opportunity cost of work, to the point where having children would become a more rewarding alternative for female workers. By contrast, increased import exposure negatively affects male workers’ fertility through reduced earnings and employment duration.

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Amado, Carlos Josue. "The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game - Hooliganism in French Football." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1556.

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Football violence was a rare phenomenon in France until the nineteen eighties. Harsh economic times coupled with the challenges of unemployment brought a different type of fanatic to football stadia. To vent their frustration about the economic difficulties of their time, some fans found an easy scapegoat: the increasing number of African immigrants in France. These fans, known as hooligans, have become organized and can be found supporting most major French football clubs, disrupting what once was a relatively tranquil national pastime. This thesis traces their development in France, looks at what they borrowed from Italian and English fan groups, and suggests how their organization is now uniquely French.

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WOLFF, Joachim. "Essays in unemployment duration in two economies in transition : East Germany and Hungary." Doctoral thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5113.

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Examining board: Prof. Andrea Ichino, EUI ; Prof. Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex ; Prof. John Micklewright, EUI and UNICEF, Florence, Supervisor ; Prof. Christoph Schmidt, University of Heidelberg
Defence date: 9 October 1998
PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017
-- Errors of recall and retrospectively collected unemployment spell data of the German socio-economic panel-east -- Unemployment duration and the gender gap in East Germany -- The Hungarian unemployment insurance benefit system and incentives to return to work -- The impact of the Hungarian UI benefit system on transition rates in to labour market programs

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Chen, Chienfang, and 陳芊方. "A Comparative Study of Unemployment Insurance between Taiwan & Germany." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49248172320028237238.

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勞工關係學系
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Since 2000, the global financial storm has hit the major countries and influenced the consumption and the investment behavior, and the global unemployment rates have thereupon soared. For nearly three decades, the unemployment rate in Taiwan has been comparatively low. Influenced by the recent international economy and the change of industrial structure, the unemployment rate in Taiwan soared until 2003, when the Employment Insurance Act provided. The German Welfare Model has been a pioneer in Welfare Policy, and serves as a great role model for Taiwan. Since 2004, the unemployment in Germany has decreased significantly due to the Hartz reforms, the Unemployment Benefit І, and the Unemployment Benefit II. The Hartz reforms have also kept the unemployment benefit system and employment promotion, public service organization working even more closely. By examining the unemployment insurance system of Taiwan and Germany, the paper tries to show the possibilities and future directions for Taiwan.

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Lukeš, Jakub. "Sociálně-ekonomické důsledky nezaměstnanosti ve Spolkové republice Německo." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-320804.

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Diese Diplomarbeit widmet sich den sozio-ökonomischen Konsequenzen der Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Aufgrund der statistischen Daten von den Jahren 2007 bis 2011 wird der Stand des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes und Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit im Laufe der Wirtschaftskrise. Im theoretischen Teil beschäftigt sich die Arbeit mit Definitionen der Begriffe: Arbeitsmarkt, Arbeitslosigkeit, Beschäftigungspolitik und soziale Folgen der Arbeitlosigkeit. Im praktischen teil analysiert siedie Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland in der abgegrenzten Zeit 2007 - 2011. Als besondere Aspekte werden regionale Unterschiede im Rahmen des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes, problematiche Situation von Imigranten und Aplikation der Beschäftigungspolitikmaßnahmen im Kampf gegen Krise (vor allem Kurzarbeit) betrachtet. Die Diplomarbeit legt die Hypothese fest, dass der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt 2007 - 2011 durch verlaufende Wirtschaftskrise stark beeinflusst wurde und infolge dieser Tatsache die Arbeitslosigkeit gestiegen ist. Die soll sich dann negativ durch die Ausbreitung von sozial-pathologischen Merkmalen in der Gesselschaft ausgewirkt haben. Durch Analysierung der statistischen Daten hat sich die Hypothese in keinem von ihren Punkten bestätigt. Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt hat sich als sehr...

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Biewald, Anne [Verfasser]. "A dynamic life cycle model for Germany with unemployment uncertainty / von Anne Biewald." 2008. http://d-nb.info/996194975/34.

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"How does Hedonic Capital influence the dynamics of subjective well-being of the unemployed: evidence from the German socio-economic panel." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5884297.

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Cheng, Brian Hugh.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts also in Chinese.

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Steinmetz, George Philip. "Social policy and the local state a study of municipal public assistance, unemployment relief, and Social Democracy in Germany, 1871-1914 /." 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/18446465.html.

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Hubbard, Amy. "Internal Westward Migration in Germany: 1989-1994." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-304829.

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Internal Westward Migration in Germany: 1989-1994 Amy Hubbard Abstract: Contemporary German history has been beleaguered with political, social, and economic upheaval, the consequences of which have led to its modern day composition. One such consequence of Germany's past is the problem of internal westward migration between 1989 and 1994. This analysis looks at the political, social, and economic factors that have led to the increase of internal westward migration from the states of the former German Democratic Republic to the states of the former Federal Republic of Germany. The political, social, and economic developments of the German Democratic Republic combined with the reunification process have led to a feeling of insecurity in the east. People with a strong sense of political, social, or economic insecurity will have a stronger propensity to migration to a stable environment. A variety of governmental programs have been developed to quell the problem but they have been widely unsuccessful. Additionally, there have been a series of negative consequences caused by the existence of internal westward migration on such a scale, such as, the rise of extremist parties in the eastern states of German

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Arent, Stefan. "Challenges of Reforming the Welfare State: Four Essays on the Impact of Institutional Reforms on Individuals in Germany." Doctoral thesis, 2013. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A28359.

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In the first part of this doctoral thesis we analyse changes in old-age income risk in Germany using micro-simulation model due to changes in employment patterns and institutional reforms. We focus on the statutory pension scheme and we analyse the old-age income risk of individuals as well as of households with respect to the skill level. Our findings help to clarify the risk of post-retirement poverty for specific household constellations We find that the risk of old-age poverty will increase for almost all new pensioners in 2020-2022 compared to new pensioners in 2004-2006. Due to the characteristics of a PAYG pension system, political decision-makers have to improve labour market participation, e.g. by support the improvement of skill level. Moreover we take a closer look at the impact of the Hartz-Reforms on wages. We use panel data to estimate the effect of the structural break on wages and find strong evidence that the decrease in unemployment benefit lowered wages. Our findings show that the Hartz-Reform induced wage restraint and may also be partly responsible for the favourable labour market situation in Germany. After analysing the effect of institutional reforms on old-age income and wage, we examine whether households adjust their savings behaviour to a change in their individual unemployment, income and health expectations. We use survey panel data on German household savings and expectations. The findings suggest, in contrast to the theory of textbook models, that a higher unemployment expectation significantly decreases the (short-term) saving rate. This result may be due to labour market legislation after the Hartz-Reforms.:1 Introduction 1 1.1 Summary 3 1.2 Contribution to the literature 7 1.3 References 9 2 A Fragile Pillar: Statutory Pensions and the Risk of Old-age Poverty in Germany 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 The German Statutory Pension Insurance 13 2.3 Methodology 16 2.4 Results 22 2.4.1 Male pensioners 22 2.4.2 Female pensioners 25 2.4.3 Relevance of skill 27 2.5 Sensitivity Analysis 31 2.6 Conclusion 34 2.7 References 37 2.8 Appendix 40 3 Is There a Growing Risk of Old-age Poverty in Eastern Germany? 44 3.1 Introduction 44 3.2 The German Pension System 46 3.3 Demographic Setting in Eastern Germany 48 3.4 Data and Methodology 49 3.5 Single-person Households 52 3.5.1 Males 52 3.5.2 Females 55 II 3.6 Two-Person-Households 57 3.7 Widows 62 3.8 Conclusion 64 3.9 References 65 3.10 Appendix 66 4 Unemployment Compensation and Wages: Evidence from the German Hartz-Reform 68 4.1 Introduction 68 4.2 The German Hartz-Reform 69 4.3 Data 71 4.4 Methodology 73 4.5 Results 76 4.6 Conclusions 82 4.7 References 84 4.8 Data 87 4.9 Appendix 88 5 Expectations and Saving Behavior: An Empirical Analysis 93 5.1 Introduction 93 5.2 Theoretical Discussion 95 5.3 Data 97 5.4 Empirical Strategy 100 5.5 Empirical Results 104 5.6 Conclusions 114 5.7 References 117 5.8 Data 119 5.9 Appendix 120

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Bachmann, Ronald [Verfasser]. "A dynamic approach to Germany's unemployment problem / von Ronald Bachmann." 2007. http://d-nb.info/985829435/34.

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Su, Li [Verfasser]. "The causes of German unemployment : a structural VAR approach / von Li Su." 2006. http://d-nb.info/985482893/34.

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Andrš, Pavel. "Problematika postavení německého etnika v prvorepublikovém Československu na příkladu nejdeckého okresu." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-357963.

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The subject of this dissertation thesis is investigating the issue of the German ethnic group status in inter-war Czechoslovakia shown in the example of the Nejdek political district with the emphasis on the major and crucial aspects of social life - politics, economic and social issues while the assistance and support elements include: demographics, border issues, the presence of the Czech ethnic group, a preview of own (German) history and the development of churches and religion. The Nejdek political district is set within a framework of regional history with regard to the historical context of the development of Czechoslovakia, or even of the world in some cases. The regional history presented here in the form of a probe from the perspective of great historical events and partly through micro-history aim to build on the broad source base and capture the impacts and effects of national policies on shaping of the Nejdek region and its inhabitants. In some ways, when possible of course, research methods are applied. Overall, the work is to fill the so-called white gaps in the regional historiography, since the books or studies published so far have been focusing only on partial, closely regionally defined topics and only comprehensive work, which the author of this paper attempts, could therefore...

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