Venue: Seminar Room, Australian-German Climate and Energy College
Presenters: Dr Joerg Lingens
During the 1970s, German coal production ceased to be competitive on the world market due to increasing production costs. Coal mining (along with steel production) was the main industry, especially in the Ruhr area of West Germany. To cushion the mass layoffs associated with the closure of coal mines, the government installed a massive subsidy program to smoothly phase out of coal production over an expected period of around 40 years.
In this lecture, Dr Joerg Lingens uses administrative labour market data to document the career path of individuals who were affected by the closure of mines and tries to understand the wage and re-employment effects of these individuals. He discusses how young individuals that entered these 'regional' labour markets at times of mine closure were affected compared to similar individuals in other regions.
Dr Joerg Lingens has been a lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Muenster since 2007.
from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/9262-the-hard-coal-phase-out-the-german-experience
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