provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich … extensive margins significantly increases the (absolute value of the) unconditional own-wage labor demand elasticity. This is … not only true for the average worker, but also for different skill groups. For the median firm, the elasticity is three …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and … exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental variable estimation. In our sample of recent immigrants, linear …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus …

Several recent studies show that the elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is not a sufficient statistic for the welfare … administrative tax records, we exploit several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our main estimates … indicate an overall ETI between 0.35 and 0.68 and an elasticity of deductions with respect to the net-of-tax rate between -0 …

address the role of housing markets for quantitative analyses. Germany is an exciting laboratory because commuting across … local labor markets is pervasive, unique data are available, and because Germany’s high degree of trade openness poses a …/housing shares in Germany turns out to be inessential for our findings, the level of the land/housing share plays an important role …

This study replicates and challenges the finding of zero wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany by Pischke and … details. These findings render the conclusion that compulsory schooling in Germany yields no wage returns at a minimum …

efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results indicate that firms in eastern Germany are significantly less efficient … than firms in western Germany. The paper also examines some of the possible correlates of regional variations in firm …