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Intrinsic work motivation and pension reform acceptance
Heinemann, Friedrich; Hennighausen, Tanja; Moessinger, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Although demographic change leaves pay-as-you-go pension systems unsustainable, reforms, such as a higher pension age, are highly unpopular. This contribution looks into the role of intrinsic motivation as a driver for pension reform acceptance. Theoretical reasoning suggests that this driver...
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Employment and Wage Effects of Social Security Financing: An Empirical Analysis of the West German Experience and some Policy Simulations
Steiner, Viktor - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1996
This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un?)employment and wage effects of social security financing undertaken by the OECD Jobs Study. Based on a simple macroeconometric model of the labour market, I investigate whether the peculiar OECD results for Germany on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098195
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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany
Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for … cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total … fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of completed cohort fertility rates in the countries of origin as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957659
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Completed fertility effects of family policy measures: Evidence from a life-cycle model
Abiry, Raphael; Reuss, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a … childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower … a negligible effect on fertility. …
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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits: Evidence from a structural model
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …
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Age and productivity: Sector differences?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the total impact of ageing will depend on the industrial structure of an economy. This paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323189
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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In this study, we investigate the effect of five specific human resource measures for old employees (SMOE) on their relative productivity. Despite the fact that SMOE are applied in the majority of establishments, this is the first representative study on the effectiveness of these measures. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694117
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Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects: Potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality
Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A common characteristic of all projects is the central importance of mutual neighborly support to meet the demand for the assistance of older residents. All projects share some...
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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097589
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Older Workers and the Adoption of New Technologies
Meyer, Jenny - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
For the first time data of German ICT and knowledge intensive service providers are used to analyze the relation between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with a higher share of younger employees are more likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097663