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The residency discount for rents in Germany and the Tenancy Law Reform Act 2001 : evidence from quantile regressions

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016

Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this paper estimates panel OLS and quantile...

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Investitionswirkungen der deutschen Unternehmensbesteuerung im internationalen Vergleich

Spengel, Christoph; Bergner, Sören - 2015

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Effect of labor division between wife and husband on the risk of divorce : evidence from German data

Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - 2009 - Current draft: October 2009

Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the...

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Ökonomische Wirkungen der Mitbestimmung in Deutschland : ein Update

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010

Der Beitrag gibt einen aktuellen Überblick über die ökonomischen Wirkungen der Mitbestimmung auf Betriebs- und Unternehmensebene. Seit dem Überblick von Jirjahn (2006) sind innerhalb weniger Jahre insbesondere zu Betriebsräten zahlreiche neue Studien publiziert worden. Während die Effekte...

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September 11th and the earnings of muslims in Germany : the moderating role of education and firm size

Cornelißen, Thomas; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010

While available evidence suggests that the events of September 11th negatively influenced the relative earnings of employees with Arab background in the US, it is not clear that they had similar effects in other countries. Our study for Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the...

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Profit sharing and reciprocity : theory and survey evidence

Cornelißen, Thomas; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010

The 1/n problem potentially limits the effectiveness of profit sharing in motivating workers. While the economic literature suggests that reciprocity can mitigate this problem, it remains silent on the optimal degree of reciprocity. We present a representative model demonstrating that...

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Ethnic residential segregation and immigrants' perceptions of discrimination in West Germany

Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2011

Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated areas where most neighbors are immigrants from the same...

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Residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood in Germany

Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertsvadze, Georgi - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the relationship between immigrant residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are less satisfied with the neighborhood. This is...

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Reciprocity and workers' tastes for representation

Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - 2011

Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...

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Expertise zur Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland

Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2012

In Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein deutlicher Anstieg der Lohnungleichheit zu beobachten, der sich bis … Darstellung und Diskussion der Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland auf Basis der Ergebnisse von einschlägigen … Migration nach Deutschland und des internationalen Handels behandelt werden konnten. …

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