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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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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes : an empirical analysis based on the European Community Househol...
Geyer, Johannes (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …
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Low-wage employment versus unemployment : which one provides better prospects for women?
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...
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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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More female manager hires through more female managers? : evidence from Germany
Bossler, Mario; Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten - 2016
This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of females within hired managers) depends on the past hiring decisions of an establishment. Using...
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