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Religion and the shadow economy
Heinemann, Friedrich; Schneider, Friedrich G. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards. This contribution focuses on religion's possible impact on the shadow economy. Different dimensions of the religious markets are taken into account. These dimensions refer to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149351
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Not Employed 37 Hours or Employed 41? A CGE Analysis for Germany
Conrad, Klaus; Koschel, Henrike; Löschel, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
considered an adequate policy to reduce unemployment. From the perspective of economic theory the outcome is in general ambiguous …, revenues and hence profits will change. We quantify the employment effects of an economy-wide increase in weekly normal hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097833
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Skill wage premia, employment, and cohort effects: are workers in Germany all of the same type?
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098021
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The minimum wage affects them all: Evidence on employment spillovers in the roofing sector
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages by exploiting the minimum …, we are able to identify employment effects along the entire wage distribution. The results indicate that the chances for … roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957681
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Expenditure reform in industralised countries: a case study approach
Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Heipertz, Martin; Schuknecht, Ludger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This study examines reforms of public expenditure in industrialised countries over the past two decades. We distinguish ambitious and timid reformers and analyse in detail reform experiences in eight case studies of ambitious reform episodes. We find that ambitious reform countries reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097556
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Does Innovation Stimulate Employment? A Firm-Level Analysis Using Comparable Micro-Data From Four European Countries
Harrison, Rupert; Jaumandreu Balanzo, Jordi; Mairesse, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on employment growth in these … firms. A simple model that relates employment growth to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097602
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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … using specific information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation … output. The econometric analysis confirms that product innovations have a positive impact on employment. In contrast to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097734
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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific … information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097873
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Minimum wages and competition: The case of the German roofing sector
Kraft, Kornelius; Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957738
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A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097817