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The German Turnaround: The reform story revisited, part III
in cooperation with Sebastian Dullien
Last Thursday, the leading German economic research institutes have published their semi-annual diagnosis of the state of the German economy. Similarly to Michael Burda’s post on RGE Monitor, they warn that the Grand Coalition must not fall into a "reform pause". Just like Michael Burda, they credit part of the German turnaround to the Agenda 2010 reforms (never mind that they did not see any significant growth impact from them when they were passed – see this comment by Thomas Fricke at FT Deutschland’s website).
The German Turnaround: the reform story revisited, part I
by Sebastian Dullien, in cooperation with Ulrich Fritsche.
With politicians from right and left in Germany discussing a possible new extension of the duration of unemployment benefits for the elderly, a new debate in Germany has started concerning the reasons of the recent upswing. The central question of the argument is: What role did the labour market reforms of the Schröder government play for the "Teutonic turnaround" as Michael Burda calls the recent development in his first post for this blog?