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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

Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

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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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Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms' Production Technology

Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

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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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Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany

Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...

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Wirksamkeit der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen

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

Arbeitsmarktpolitik vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen. Ergebnisse der bei flächendeckenden Arbeitsmarktreformen in Deutschland erstmals …

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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes: Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten … Legislation: A Road to More Employment? A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal …

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How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach

Gathmann, Christina; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper studies how portable skill accumulated in the labor market are. Using rich data on tasks performed in occupations, we propose the concept of task-specific human capital to measure the transferability of skills empirically. Our results on occupational mobility and wages show that labor...

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Fiskalische Effekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland - Eine Generationenbilanz

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

Deutschland. Mit Hilfe der Generationenbilanzierung werden die Nettosteuerzahlungen von Zuwanderern von ihrer Ankunft im … Aufnahmeland bis an ihr Lebensende geschätzt. Wenn künftige Einwanderer der heute in Deutschland lebenden Ausländerbevölkerung … to Germany. Generational accounts for native and alien residents are distinguished to assess what might be the lifetime …

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