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firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both …-employer collective bargaining clearly dominates in Germany. Econometric analyses show that more or less the same set of variables play a …
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on panel data for West Germany indicate that the legal change did have a negative effect on severance pay. -- panel data …
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The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamentalreforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms …. After 2023, Germany will be characterizedby a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the fearthat …
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This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
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look at the components of this reversal of capital flows for the case of Germany. Its main finding is that most of the … Germany is small by comparison, with purchases of German government bonds increasing substantially, in particular by Spanish … and Irish investors. Some foreign capital even left Germany. In net terms, over the years 2008, 2009 and 2011 foreigners …
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,000 pumped storage plants, which is 183 times Germany's current capacity, would nevertheless be huge. Taking the volatility of … difficult for Germany to pursue its energy revolution beyond merely replacing nuclear fuel towards a territory where it can also …
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Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …
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According to the German disability law, or Schwerbehindertengesetz, either six percent of all jobs in an establishment must be occupied by disabled empoyees or the firm has to pay a penalty of DM 200 per month for every job under consideration. This note reports results from the first...
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