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Job stability trends, layoffs and quits : an empirical analysis for West Germany
Bergemann, Annette; Mertens, Antje - 2000
mobility ; duration analysis ; Job stability ; layoffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618363
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Training systems and labor mobility : a comparison between Germany and Sweden
Korpi, Tomas; Mertens, Antje - 2002
The impact of general and specific training on income and mobility is an important issue for the discussion around … training (Germany) on inter-firm, inter-occupational, and inter-industrial mobility. The results show that workers with a … school-based vocational degree move more frequently between occupations, while no difference in firm and industrial mobility …
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Job stability trends and labor market (re-)entry in West Germany 1984 - 1997
Mertens, Antje - 1999
termination. -- job stability ; labor mobility ; duration analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580458
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Estimating wage losses of displaced workers in Germany
Burda, Michael C.; Mertens, Antje - 1999
This paper investigates the effect of displacement on reemployment wages of socially insured West German workers who became unemployed in 1986. Because detailed information on the cause of job loss is unavailable, displacement status is imputed using a probit estimated on the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580479
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On the job search and the wage distribution
Christensen, Bent Jesper; Mortensen, Dale; Neumann, … - 2000
The estimates of the structural parameters of a job separations model derived from the theory of on-the-job search are reported in this papers. Given that each employer pays the same wage to all observably equivalent workers and that wage dispersion across employers exists in the sense that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612015
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Loss of commitment? : an evolutionary analysis of Bagwell's example
Oechssler, Joerg; Schlag, Karl H. - 1997
In a recent paper Bagwell (1995) pointed out that only the Cournot outcome, but not the Stackelberg outcome, can be supported by a pure Nash equilibrium when actions of the Stackelberg leader are observed with the slightest error. The Stackelberg outcome, however, remains close to the outcome of...
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Learning to like what you have : explaining the endowment effect
Huck, Steffen; Kirchsteiger, Georg; Oechssler, Joerg - 1997
The endowment effect describes the fact that people demand much more to give up an object than they are willing to spend to acquire it. The existence of this effect has been documented in numerous experiments. We attempt to explain this effect by showing that evolution favors individuals whose...
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Beyond "manucentrism" : some fresh facts about job and worker flows
Bingley, Paul; Eriksson, Tor; Werwatz, Axel; … - 1999
This paper gives a comprehensive picture of job and worker flows for the entire Danish economy. We exploit a unique central administrative register encompassing all employees of all workplaces across all sectors throughout two business cycles. This enables us to broaden the focus of the previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581098
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Why the rich are nastier than the poor : a note on optimal punishment
Huck, Steffen; Müller, Wieland - 1998
Studying evolutionarily successful behavior we show in a general framework that when individuals maximizing payoff differentials invest resources in punishing others. Interestingly, these investments are increasing in individuals, own wealth and decreasing in the wealth of others.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009574881
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The relevance of equal splits : on a behavioral discontinuity in ultimatum games
Güth, Werner; Huck, Steffen; Müller, Wieland - 1998
The findings on the ultimatum game are considered as belonging to the most robust experimental results. In this paper we present a slightly altered version of the mini ultimatum game of Bolton and Zwick (1995). Whereas in the latter exactly equal splits were feasible in our games these were...
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