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  "title": "The German Labor Market Reforms and Post-Unemployment Earnings",
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  "summary": "In 2003–05, Germany undertook extensive labor market reforms which were followed by a large and persistent decline in unemployment. Key elements of the reforms were a drastic cut in benefits for the long-term unemployed and tighter job search and acceptance obligations.",
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      "content": "- In 2003–05, Germany implemented extensive labor market reforms that included a drastic cut in benefits for the long-term unemployed and tighter job search and acceptance obligations.\n- Using a large confidential data set from the German social security administration, the authors find that the reforms were associated with a fall in the earnings of workers returning to work from short-term unemployment relative to workers in long-term employment of about 10 percent.\n- Interpretation offered: the reforms strengthened incentives to return to work but, in doing so, adversely affected post re-entry earnings."
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      "heading": "Data and methodology",
      "content": "- Data source: large confidential data set from the German social security administration.\n- Method: difference-in-difference earnings regression (keyword appears in source)."
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      "heading": "Key statistics and publication facts",
      "content": "- Timeframe of reforms examined: 2003–05.\n- Estimated effect on post-unemployment re-entry earnings: about 10 percent (fall for workers returning from short-term unemployment relative to long-term employed workers).\n- Pages: 26\n- Volume: 2015\n- Issue: 162\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2015/162\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513531250.001\n- ISBN: 9781513531250\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Publication date on page: July 17, 2015\n- Authors: Niklas Engbom, Enrica Detragiache, Faezeh Raei"
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      "content": "- Employment, Expenditure, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Unemployment benefits, Wages\n- Keywords: difference-in-difference earnings regression, displaced worker, earnings worker, Eastern Europe, education worker, Employment, employment status, Europe, Germany, growth change, Hartz reform, labor market reforms, post displacement, post unemployment, re-entry earnings, reservation wage, robustness earnings regression, Unemployment, Unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, Wages, WP\n\nSource: IMF Working Paper \"The German Labor Market Reforms and Post-Unemployment Earnings\", Niklas Engbom, Enrica Detragiache, Faezeh Raei; July 17, 2015; https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/the-german-labor-market-reforms-and-post-unemployment-earnings\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp15162\n  - wp15162 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp15162 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/the-german-labor-market-reforms-and-post-unemployment-earnings-43094"
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    "Authors: Niklas Engbom, Enrica Detragiache, Faezeh Raei",
    "Published: July 17, 2015",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513531250.001",
    "In 2003–05, Germany implemented extensive labor market reforms that included a drastic cut in benefits for the long-term unemployed and tighter job search and acceptance obligations.",
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    "Data source: large confidential data set from the German social security administration.",
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    "Timeframe of reforms examined: 2003–05.",
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