Die Lohnkurve untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Lohnniveau und der Arbeitslosigkeit auf regionaler Ebene. Zu ihr gibt es eine Vielzahl von empirischen Untersuchungen. Die nachstehenden Ergebnisse modifizieren und ergänzen diese Arbeiten am Beispiel der Lohnkurve in Deutschland in...

Many economists suspect that downward nominal wage rigidities in ongoing labor contracts are an important source of employment fluctuations over the business cycle but there is little direct empirical evidence on this conjecture. This paper compares three occupations in the housing sector with...

With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...