Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1171:
Die Reform der Arbeitslosenversicherung im Zuge der Agenda 2010 und ihr Einfluss auf die Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer; Simulationsergebnisse auf Basis der nicht-stationären Suchtheorie
Björn Christensen
Abstract: This paper examines the impacts on reservation wages of
unemployed persons and on transition in employment due to the reform of the
unemployment insurance system in Germany in the course of the Agenda 2010.
A dynamic search model is developed, on which reservation wages are
simulated for different groups of unemployed. Based on this, increases in
the transition rates in employment are forecasted due to the reductions in
reservation wages. It is shown that the reform of the unemployment transfer
payments mainly affect unemployed persons with a high income before
unemployment. For these persons the transition rates in employment are
increased by 5% to 9% if they are eligible for social welfare. For
unemployed persons without eligibility for social welfare the transition
rates in employment are increased by 9% to 22%.
Keywords: Agenda 2010, Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer, Reservationslöhne, Simulationen, Suchtheorie; (follow links to similar papers)
39 pages, June 2003
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