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The Choice of Institutions: The Role of Risk and Risk-Aversion
Weinhold, Diana; Zak, Paul J. - EconWPA - 2005
Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms … simultaneously extant institutions. This paper presents a simple model of institutional choice in a labor market when there is a risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118909
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Kulturelle und strukturelle Faktoren bei der Rückkehr in den Beruf : Ostdeutsche, westdeutsche und ost-west-mobile Mütter im Vergleich (Transition back to work : comparing mothers...
Grunow, Daniela; Müller, Dana - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"We assess the relative impact of cultural norms and structural conditions on employment interruption patterns of new mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the regions differ markedly with regard to cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493979
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Between familial imprinting and institutional regulation: Family related employment interruptions of women in Germany before and after the German reunification
Drasch, Katrin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"In this paper, I examine how family related employment interruptions for women in the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) and the GDR (German Democratic Republic) looked like in the period prior to German reunification. Furthermore, I investigate how career interruptions developed after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641634
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Churning and institutions : Dutch and German establishments compared with micro-level data
Alda, Holger; Allaart, Piet; Bellmann, Lutz - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
"Often the high level of unemployment in Germany is explained by a lack of flexibility, over-regulation in the labour …, regulation, and social security systems will show the importance of these institutions for the mobility of individuals. In this … market institutions exerting some influence on churning appear to be: the share of fixed term contracts in total employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537116
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What have we learned? Assessing labor market institutions and indicators
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Braun, Christoph - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies …: first, we provide an overview of the aggregate indicators of core labor market institutions such as employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537146
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Churning and institutions : Dutch and German establishments compared with micro-level data
Alda, Holger; Allaart, Piet; Bellmann, Lutz - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
"Often the high level of unemployment in Germany is explained by a lack of flexibility, over-regulation in the labour …, regulation, and social security systems will show the importance of these institutions for the mobility of individuals. In this … market institutions exerting some influence on churning appear to be: the share of fixed term contracts in total employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592342
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Between familial imprinting and institutional regulation: Family related employment interruptions of women in Germany before and after the German reunification
Drasch, Katrin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"In this paper, I examine how family related employment interruptions for women in the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) and the GDR (German Democratic Republic) looked like in the period prior to German reunification. Furthermore, I investigate how career interruptions developed after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592411
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What have we learned? Assessing labor market institutions and indicators
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Braun, Christoph - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies …: first, we provide an overview of the aggregate indicators of core labor market institutions such as employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592417
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Kulturelle und strukturelle Faktoren bei der Rückkehr in den Beruf : Ostdeutsche, westdeutsche und ost-west-mobile Mütter im Vergleich (Transition back to work * comparing mothers...
Grunow, Daniela; Müller, Dana - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"We assess the relative impact of cultural norms and structural conditions on employment interruption patterns of new mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the regions differ markedly with regard to cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592460
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Skill-biased labor market reforms and international competitiveness
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
in line with Mortensen and Pissarides (1994) give rise to unemployment and a channel for the government to influence … high-skilled benefit from low-skill biased labor market reforms through higher wages. Lower labor costs reduce unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643584