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Can Gerhard Schröder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High Employment

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  • Collier, Irwin

    (Free University of Berlin)

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The year 2003 has witnessed several major reform policy initiatives in Germany intended to contribute to a solution to Germany's high unemployment problem and to improve the longrun sustainability of its social welfare policies. These economic reforms are discussed within a larger macroeconomic context.

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  • Collier, Irwin, 2004. "Can Gerhard Schröder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High Employment," IZA Discussion Papers 1059, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp1059
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    1. Lars Calmfors, 2004. "Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 5(02), pages 35-42, October.
    2. Lars Calmfors, 2004. "Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 5(2), pages 35-42, October.

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    Keywords

    social policy reform; labor market reform; unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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