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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification

Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...

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Wealth and asset holdings of immigrants in Germany

Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2007

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Care choices in Europe : to each according to his needs?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2016

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood

Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010

Dieser Artikel vergleicht die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Japan, die die … Attraktivität von Ehe und Mutterschaft in beiden Ländern ab. Wir stellen fest, dass soziale Veränderungen, die in Deutschland vor … derzeit passieren. Wir analysieren, ob sich die Konsequenzen für Familienstruktur und Geburtenrate von Deutschland auf Japan …

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Exporters and the rise in wage inequality : evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Baumgarten, Daniel - 2010

Auf Basis eines großen verbundenen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes für das verarbeitende Gewerbe in Deutschland …

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The Changing Structure of Wages in the US and Germany : What Explains the Differences?

Beaudry, Paul - 2000

Over the last twenty years the wage-education relationships in the US and Germany have evolved very differently, while the education composition of employment has evolved in a surprisingly parallel fashion. In this paper, we propose and test an explanation to these conflicting patterns. The...

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The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences

Freeman, Richard B. - 2000

Greater job creation in the US than in Germany has often been related to greater wage dispersion coupled with less regulated labour and product markets in the US. Based on the Comparative German American Structural Database and the International Adult Literacy Survey we find that employment of...

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International Benchmarking in Electricity Distribution : A Comparison of French and German Utilities

Cullmann, Astrid - 2009

In this paper we present an international cross-country benchmarking analysis for utility regulation of France and Germany, the two largest electricity distribution countries in Europe. We examine the relative performance of 99 French and 77 German distribution companies operating within two...

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Kholodilin, Konstantin A. - 2014

The World War I played a key role in shaping modern housing policy. While in the pre-War time virtually no housing policy existed, the beginning of hostilities led to an almost immediate and comprehensive state intervention in the housing market, particularly among those engaged in the war....

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An Economic Analysis of U.S Public Transit Carbon Emissions Dynamics

Huang, Robert; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Urban public transit agencies spend billions of dollars each year on workers, durable capital and energy to supply transportation services. During a time of rising concern about climate change, the urban public transit sector has not significantly reduced its carbon footprint. Using data for the...

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