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The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Wang, Qingwei - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … the differences between East and West Germany as well as the corresponding changes in NUD over time. Blinder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703126
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Why More West than East German Firms Export
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822270
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Rising Wage Dispersion, After All! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century
Kohn, Karsten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822675
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Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe
Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of the population. Reinvention of human capital policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496994
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279367
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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566716
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Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes bei bedarfsgerechtem Ausbau frühkindlicher Kindertagesbetreuung: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie
Beninger, Denis; Bonin, Holger; Horstschräer, Julia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Der Beitrag evaluiert die Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes in Deutschland bei gleichzeitigem Ausbau der öffentlich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784552
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Wage Mobility in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416948
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The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence for Post-War Germany
Bauer, Thomas; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
West Germany. The empirical results suggest that even a quarter of a century after displacement, first generation migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216752
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Industry Wage Differentials Revisited: A Longitudinal Comparison of Germany and USA (1984-1996)
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
In this paper, the inter-industry wage structure in West Germany and USA is compared using the German Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703674