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Does fixed-term contract employment raise firms' adjustment-speed? Evidence from an establishment panel for West-Germany

Hagen, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms?...

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Fixed-term Contracts as Sorting Mechanisms: Evidence From Job Durations in West Germany

Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

We estimate the effect of initial episodes under fixed-term contracts (FTCs) on job duration in the further course of the employment spell, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 1985 to 2002. Using a statistical matching approach, we find that job exit rates are initially...

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The sorting of female careers after first birth: A competing risks analysis of maternity leave duration

Arntz, Melanie; Dlugosz, Stephan; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...

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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 …

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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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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany: evidence from an establishment panel

Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

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Do temporary workers receive risk-premiums? Assessing the wage effects of fixed-term contracts in West-Germany by matching estimators compared with parametric apporaches

Hagen, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually applied for the evaluation of active labour market...

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Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence: Evidence from Germany

Guertzgen, Nicole; Hank, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design,...

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Are we spending too many years in school? Causal evidence of the impact of shortening secondary school duration

Büttner, Bettina; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

This paper analyzes the impact of shortening the duration of secondary schooling on the accumulation of human capital. In 2003, an educational policy reform was enacted in Saxony-Anhalt, a German state, providing a natural experimental setting. The thirteenth year of schooling was eliminated for...

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