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Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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This article reviews empirical evidence on the early tracking system in Germany and the educational inequalities …. Furthermore, recent evidence concerning long-term consequences of tracking on labor market outcomes suggests that sizeable built …
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several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …
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the partial equilibrium of the labor market after the supply reactions. …
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In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … persistence rates and the absolute level of structural state dependence are higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany. I …
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Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship …
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on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …
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subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market effects may be more imminent for students leaving school directly for the labor … market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …
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This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data …
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Germany can be regarded as a showcase for labor market reforms. Moreover, its labor market responded only mildly to the … Great Recession. This paper assesses the role of the labor market reforms for the latter development. Against this …
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