Germany Selected Issues

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of targeted labor market reforms aimed at boosting employment and labor productivity and the price responsiveness of German residential investment. Germany’s population is getting older, and potential growth is set to decline. Demographic projections sugg...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund European Dept
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2016
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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653 |a Inflation 
653 |a Real Estate 
653 |a Price elasticity 
653 |a Labour; income economics 
653 |a Infrastructure 
653 |a Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis 
653 |a Migration, immigration & emigration 
653 |a Deflation 
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653 |a Saving and investment 
653 |a Labor market 
653 |a Prices 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Taxation 
653 |a Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies 
653 |a Housing prices 
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520 |a This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of targeted labor market reforms aimed at boosting employment and labor productivity and the price responsiveness of German residential investment. Germany’s population is getting older, and potential growth is set to decline. Demographic projections suggest that labor force will start declining around 2020, and will drop at an accelerating pace once immigration flows normalize. After years of stagnation, German housing prices and new residential rents have increased more steeply since 2009, especially in large cities. This paper provides econometric evidence that supply response to changes in housing prices has declined over the past several years and discusses how various housing policies can foster this response