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Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage. Therefore, prima facie, there are strong incentives to free-ride on the benefits of trade unionism. We establish empirical evidence for a private gain from trade union...

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"Take it or go to court" : the impact of sec. 1a of the German protection against dismissal act on severance payments

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010

In 2004, a section was added to the German Protection against Dismissal Act, establishing a new procedure to dismiss an employee, given a predetermined severance payment. Most legal scholars presume the change to be without impact, while a minority of experts claims it to be either beneficial or...

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Globalisierung der Wirtschaft : Ursachen - Formen - Konsequenzen

Berthold, Norbert; Franke, Siegfried F.; Gischer, Horst - 1999

Seit langem wächst der Welthandel deutlich stärker als das Weltsozialprodukt. Ein zunehmender Teil dieses Handels besteht dabei aus dem Austausch von Dienstleistungen. Auch die Direktinvestitionen, durch die ausländische Investoren in den jeweiligen Zielländern Unternehmen gründen,...

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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015

This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...

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Unemployment in Germany : reasons and remedies

Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2003

This paper discusses the reasons for the dismal labor market performance of Germany over the last three decades along with potential remedies. It argues that labor market rigidities along with a generous welfare state in conjunction with certain changes in the economic environment are important...

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Finanzpolitik und Arbeitsmärkte

Börsch-Supan, Axel; Keuschnigg, Christian; … - 2002

Der Finanzwissenschaftliche Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik hat in seiner Arbeitstagung 2001 die finanzpolitischen Ansatzpunkte zur Behebung von Arbeitsmarktproblemen diskutiert. Der Tagungsband enthält die drei Grundsatzreferate von Axel Börsch-Supan (Universität Mannheim),...

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Arbeitsmarkt und Beschäftigung : Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich

Belke, Ansgar; Berthold, Norbert - 2000

Deutschland ist in den Bemühungen, die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit deutlich zu verringern, in den letzten Jahren nicht sehr … Arbeitsmärkten der alten und der neuen Bundesländer. Gezeigt wird, daß in Frankreich, ähnlich wie in Deutschland, vornehmlich eher …. Schließlich werden neue Konzepte für die Tarifpolitik in Deutschland vorgestellt und auf ihre Brauchbarkeit hin überprüft …

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Severance pay and the shadow of the law : evidence for West Germany

Goerke, Laszlo (contributor); Pannenberg, Markus (contributor) - 2005

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

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Social health insurance : the major driver of unsustainable fiscal policy?

Hagist, Christian; Klusen, Norbert; Plate, Andreas; … - 2005

During the next decades the populations of most developed countries will grow older as a result of the low level of birth rates since the 1970s and/or the continuously increasing life expectancy. We show within a Generational Accounting framework how unsustainable the public finances of France,...

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Earlier or later : a general equilibrium analysis of bringing forward an already announced tax reform

Honerkamp, Josef (contributor); Moog, Stefan (contributor); … - 2004

The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...

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