Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the Great Recession

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rinne, Ulf ^a   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^a,b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Germany; Internal flexibility; J68, J21, P52, O57; Labor market institutions; Short time work; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983502981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9004-1-3     Document Type: Article

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