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The distributional impact of social transfers in the European Union : evidence from the ECHP
Heady, Christopher John; Mitrakos, Theodōros M.; … - 2001
Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001624315
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Inequality, transfers and growth : new evidence from the economic transition in Poland
Keane, Michael P.; Prasad, Eswar S. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001664270
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Portuguese migrants in the German labor market : performance and self-selection
Bauer, Thomas K.; Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Vogler, Michael; … - 1998
Using a large new dataset, we analyze the labor market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000995799
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Overtime work and overtime compensation in Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is shown that the group of workers with the highest risks of becoming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001402343
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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain
Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accountsʺ, which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001610707
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Works councils and collective bargaining in Germany : the impact on productivity and wages
Hübler, Olaf; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2001
bargaining in Germany. Based on a simple bargaining model we derive our main hypothesis: In establishments covered by collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001610714
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The covariance structure of East and West German incomes and its implications for the persistence of poverty and inequality
Biewen, Martin - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001667575
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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001669953
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The timing of careers and human capital depreciation
Kunze, Astrid - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001685748
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The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction : empirical evidence and theoretical implications
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2001
The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction are explored. First, it is empirically established that current job satisfaction rises with absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is constructed based on the empirical results, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001642906