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institutional changes that people in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe experienced during the last two decades … of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … Eastern Germany during its transition than in Western Germany and had a highly nonlinear effect on the probability of a birth …
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Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...
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This paper analyzes the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Although differing in labor market …
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intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …
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In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany … (1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …
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Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …
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miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …
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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 …
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on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly …
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results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …
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