East German Unemployment: The Myth of the Irrelevant Labor Market
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This paper indicates that East Germany’s unemployment originates primarily in the labor market, caused by the fast wage adjustment after German reunification. We model the resulting labor market traps in a search and matching framework, show that they are difficult to overcome, and provide empirical evidence. We argue that under these circumstances, demand-side policies are effective mainly when they increase the economy’s overall productivity and thereby help overcome the labor market traps.
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