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Unemployment and Labour Market Rigidities in OECD Countries ; The Impact of Taxes
Heitger, Bernhard - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
This paper investigates unemployment and labour market rigidities in OECD countries in 1983–1994. The central issue is … the taxation-unemployment relationship and whether this relationship is exogenous or simultaneously determined. Hausman … specification tests indicate that the impact of taxation on short-term unemployment is positive and exogenous whereas the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818836
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Minimum Wages and Employment: The Case of German Unification
Heitger, Bernhard - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818917
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Property Rights and their Impact on the Wealth of Nations-A Cross-Country Study
Heitger, Bernhard - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003
This paper investigates the quality of property rights and long-term economic growth in an international cross-section of countries in 1975-1995. The empirical tests indicate that the impact of private property rights on growth is positive and simultaneously determined. Correcting for the...
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