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15 Years of Pension Reform in Germany: Old Successes and New Threats

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a …

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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Services: Direct Evidence from a Firm Survey

Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...

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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

provisions on worker flows. In contrast to the predictions of the theory, our results indicate that there are no statistically …

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Workfare: Eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn

Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic …

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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Demographic Aging in Germany Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper …

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Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration

Jaeger, David A.; Bonin, Holger; Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

markets in Germany. This result is robust to stratifying by age, sex, education, national origin, and a variety of other …

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Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …

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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze … den Ruhestand anreizneutral zu gestalten. Early Retirement in Germany: Institutions and Incentives A substantial fraction … and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany, and assess the …

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Wage and Employment Effects of Immigration to Germany: Evidence from a Skill Group Approach

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The paper analyzes the labor market impact of migration by exploiting variation in the labor supply of foreigners across groups of workers with the same level of education but different work experience. Estimates on the basis of German register data for the period 1975-97 do not confirm the...

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Der Finanzierungsbeitrag der Ausländer zu den deutschen Staatsfinanzen: Eine Bilanz für 2004

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Diese Studie bilanziert den Beitrag der ausländischen Bevölkerung in Deutschland zu den öffentlichen Haushalten im … in Deutschland summiert sich dieser Überschuss auf 84 Milliarden Euro. …

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