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How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?

Prantl, Susanne; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2009

We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self … changes after unforeseen economic shocks. -- Entry regulation ; self-employment ; occupational mobility …

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How policy changes affect shareholder wealth : the case of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - 2011

This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit …

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Trust the police? : self-selection of motivated agents into the German police force

Friebel, Guido; Kosfeld, Michael; Thielmann, Gerd - 2016

We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents self-select into public service. Our focus is on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms as key dimensions of intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find...

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Management and performance in the public sector : evidence from German municipalities

Englmaier, Florian; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2022

We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of municipalities, we provide survey evidence for substantial heterogeneity in the use of structured management practices. This heterogeneity is not driven by differences across...

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Seniority rules, worker mobility and wages : evidence from multi-country linked employer-employee data

Böckerman, Petri; Skedinger, Per; Uusitalo, Roope - 2016

We construct a multi-country employer-employee data to examine the consequences of employment protection. We identify the effects by comparing worker exit rates between units of the same firm that operate in two countries that have different seniority rules. The results show that...

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What explains the decline in wage mobility in the German low-wage sector?

Aretz, Bodo; Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2012

In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in western Germany between 1984 and 2004. Using German individual register data, we document a clear upward trend in the persistence of low-wage employment for both men and women. Next to compositional shifts of the...

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Female labor market transitions in Europe

Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

Using micro panel data, labor market transitions are analyzed for the EU-member states by cumulative year-by-year transition probabilities. As female (non-)employment patterns changed more dramatically than male employment in past decades, the analyses mainly refer to female labor supply. In...

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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Trust and control at the workplace : evidence from representative samples of employees in Europe

Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine - 2009

determinants of trust. -- Autonomy ; control ; monitoring ; performance appraisal ; regulation of working time ; trust …

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Productivity and size of the export market : evidence for West and East German plants, 2004

Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007

Using unique recently released nationally representative high-quality data at the plant level, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It...

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