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20 years of German unification: evidence on income convergence and heterogeneity

Brück, Tilman; Peters, Heiko - 2009

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …

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Comparing the determinants of concern about terrorism and crime

Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - 2009

Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting groups which are especially affected by worries might be one way to reduce the total costs of these two types of insecurity. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime,...

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Creating low skilled jobs by subsidising market-contracted household work

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Brück, Tilman - 2003

We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...

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Fiscal Policy Rules for Stabilisation and Growth : A Simulation Analysis of Deficit and Expenditure Targets in a Monetary Union

Brück, Tilman; Zwiener, Rudolf - 2004

quarterly macro-econometric model of Germany. The simulations compare a deficit target and an expenditure target under a range …

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Do Eurozone Countries Cheat with their Budget Deficit Forecasts?

Brück, Tilman; Stephan, Andreas - 2005

We estimate the political economy determinants of budget deficit forecast errors. Since the adoption of the Stability Pact, Eurozone governments have manipulated forecasts before elections. The political orientation and the institutional design of governments also affects the quality of forecasts.

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A Cartel Analysis of the German Labor Institutions and Its Implications for Labor Market Reforms

Haucap, Justus; Pauly, Uwe; Wey, Christian - 2006

In this paper we apply standard cartel theory to identify the major institutional stabilizers of Germany?s area tariff … regulatory measures for injecting competition into Germany?s labor markets that focus on the creation of new options for firms …

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