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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - CESifo - 2001
knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a “Solovian zone“ where wages increase with … their bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than … always reduces employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181434
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Wages and Recruitment: Evidence from External Wage Changes
Falch, Torberg - CESifo - 2013
This paper estimates the causal effect of the wage on the recruitment rate at the establishment level. During the 1990s, the wage setting for certified teachers in Norway was completely centralized, with a wage premium of about 10 percent at schools with severe recruitment problems in the past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877907
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - CESifo - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351470
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Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth
Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - CESifo - 2012
identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers’ wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645655
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Wages and International Tax Competition
Krautheim, Sebastian; Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Tim - CESifo - 2012
Rent-sharing between firm owners and workers is a robust empirical finding. If workers bargain with firms, information on the actual surplus is essential. When the firm can use profit shifting to create private information on the surplus, it can thereby reduce its wage bill. We study how rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555697
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Real and Monetary Challenges to Wage Policy in Germany at the Turn of the Millennium: Technical Progress, Globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - CESifo - 1999
development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765693
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Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - CESifo - 2009
The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533979
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Gift Exchange in the Workplace: Money or Attention?
Dur, Robert - CESifo - 2008
altruistic managers may offer lower wages and nevertheless build up better social-exchange relationships with their employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181512
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How Efficient is the East German Economy? An Exploration With Micro Data
Funke, Michael; Rahn, Jörg - CESifo - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of the East German economy at the firm level using an unbalanced panel over the transition period 1994 to 1998. We adopt a translog stochastic frontier model to estimate technical efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181620
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to four major OECD Countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - CESifo - 2008
, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406154