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Wage rigidities in Western Germany? Microeconometric evidence from the 1990s

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2001

This paper investigates whether and in what sense the west German wage structure has been ?rigid? in the 1990s. To test the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a methodology which makes less restrictive identifying...

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Zur Einführung von Mindestlöhnen : empirische Relevanz des Niedriglohnsektors

Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 10, pp. 33-35

Die mögliche Einführung von Mindestlöhnen führt gegenwärtig zu heftigen Kontroversen über die ökonomischen Auswirkungen eines solchen Eingriffs. Die einen befürchten den Wegfall des kompletten Niedriglohnbereichs. Die anderen sehen darin Chancen zu Lohnerhöhungen ohne nennenswerte...

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'Marginal employment': stepping stone or dead end? : Evaluating the German experience

Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Mindestlöhnen : eine Erläuterung zu den Berechnungen des ifo Instituts

Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 1, pp. 16-20

Preismechanismus. Dies gilt in analoger Weise auch auf für den Arbeitsmarkt. Wie viele Arbeitskräfte ein Unternehmen nachfragt, hängt …. Die Berechnungen zeigen, dass selbst bei einem moderaten Mindestlohn von 4,50 € in Deutschland insgesamt 360 000 …

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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Mindestlöhnen : eine Erläuterung zu den Berechnungen des ifo-Instituts ; Wiederabdruck aus ifo-Schnelldienst Nr. 1/2008, 16-20

Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 6, pp. 62-66

Preismechanismus. Dies gilt in analoger Weise auch auf für den Arbeitsmarkt. Wie viele Arbeitskräfte ein Unternehmen nachfragt, hängt …

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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany

Haan, Peter (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

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More hours, more jobs? : the employment effects of longer working hours

Andrews, Martyn J.; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2012

Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a …

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The minimum wage affects them all : evidence on employment spillovers in the roofing sector

Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry - 2012

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …

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Wage rigidities in Western Germany? : microeconometric evidence from the 1990s

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2001

This paper investigates whether and in what sense the west German wage structure has been "rigid" in the 1990s. To test the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a methodology which makes less restrictive identifying...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403026