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Gesamtwirtschaftliche Bedingungen für einen Anstieg des Arbeitsvolumens in Deutschland

Lehment, Harmen; Oskamp, Frank - In: Die Weltwirtschaft (2004) 1, pp. 84-98

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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries

Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008

, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …

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The employment of mothers: Recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany

Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low … employment differences as East German women with low earnings potentials appear to adopt West German low employment patterns over …

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Effects of corporate tax reforms on SMEs' investment decisions under the particular consideration of inflation

Nam, Chang Woon; Radulescu, Doina Maria - 2005

Corporate tax reforms carried out in EU countries since 1980 entail lower statutory tax rates and reductions in generous tax depreciation provisions. Several countries including the UK have reduced tax rates for SMEs. This study compares incentive effects of such reforms on the SMEs? investment...

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The price puzzle revisited: can the cost channel explain a rise in inflation after a monetary policy shock?

Henzel, Steffen; Hülsewig, Oliver; Mayer, Eric; … - 2007

This paper explores whether the cost channel solves the price puzzle. We set-up a New Keynesian DSGE model and estimate it for the euro area by adopting a minimum distance approach. Our findings suggest that - under certain parameter restrictions which are not rejected by the data - the cost...

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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU?: a panel data diagnostic

Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2008

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 using stationarity and cointegration analysis. Specifically, we use panel unit root tests of the first and second generation allowing in some cases for structural breaks. We also apply modern panel cointegration techniques developed by...

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The stress of having a single monetary policy in Europe

Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Wollmershäuser, Timo - 2008

This paper estimates forward-looking Taylor rules for the euro area. Using the asymmetries in inflation and cyclical output developments across countries, we investigate the adequacy of the single monetary policy for each of the European Monetary Union (EMU) member countries. Notable differences...

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Integrating with their feet: cross-border lending at the German-Austrian border

Fidrmuc, Jarko; Hainz, Christa - 2008

The financial integration in Europe concentrates on cross-border mergers rather than cross-border lending and emphasizes the need for harmonizing bank regulation and supervision. We study the impact of cross-border lending in a theoretical model where banks acquire either hard or soft...

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The effects of monetary policy on unemployment dynamics under model uncertainty: evidence from the US and the Euro area

Altavilla, Carlo; Ciccarelli, Matteo - 2009

This paper explores the role that the imperfect knowledge of the structure of the economy plays in the uncertainty surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the euro area and the US. We employ a Bayesian model averaging procedure on a wide range of models...

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The ECB's enhanced credit support

Trichet, Jean-Claude - 2009

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