model with rational expectations. MX3 is a medium-sized quarterly model of the United States, Japan, and West Germany. The …

This paper explores the interaction between exchange rate alignment and external balance for Japan and the United … factors in fostering more balanced trade between Japan and its major trading partners, including the United States. Evidence … Japan's surplus with the United States by $20 billion. …

, and downward pressure on the current account balance in Germany. The model simulations also highlighted the contractionary …

Germanys. The fundamental assumptions are that East Germany brings relatively more labor than capital to the union than does … West Germany, and that the economic structure of a united Germany is essentially identical to that of pre-unification West … Germany. In all of the simulations economic union leads to an acceleration of growth and investment in Germany, a real …

provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals? probability of never-membership is significantly … Nie-Mitgliedschaft in deutschen Gewerkschaften. Wir zeigen, dass 54 bis 59 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland …

trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia … von kombinierten Firmen- Beschäftigten-Daten aus Deutschland um zu zeigen, dass diese Lohnzuschläge verschwinden, wenn die …

context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods … gibt, untersuchen wir, ob dies auch in dem unterschiedlichen institutionellen Umfeld in Deutschland der Fall ist, wo statt …

empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher wages for workers …-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes präsentieren wir erste empirische Ergebnisse für Deutschland zu diesem Zusammenhang. Wir stellen fest, dass innerhalb …