@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp1059, author={Collier, Irwin}, title={Can Gerhard Schröder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High Employment}, year={2004}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={1059}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1059}, abstract={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.}, keywords={social policy reform;labor market reform;unemployment}, }