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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
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 for colleagues, people in the same occupation and friends, but not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346880
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law : the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438474
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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? - evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2020
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291881
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Modeling fiscal sustainability in dynamic macro-panels with heterogeneous effects : evidence from German federal states
Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Wolfinger, Julia - 2018
In this paper, we extend Henning Bohn's (2008) fiscal sustainability test by allowing for slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence (CD). In particular, our econometric approach is the first that allows fiscal reaction functions (FRF) to capture unobserved heterogeneous effects from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822075
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297598
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
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 … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697520
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Trade union membership and sickness absence : evidence from a sick pay reform
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009582037
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Panel cointegration tests on the fiscal sustainability of German Laender
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2014
newly compiled database covering the years 1950 - 2011. Unlike previous studies on Germany, we analyze fiscal sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388585
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Fiscal sustainability of the German Laender : time series evidence
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2014
Germany using an unprecedentedly comprehensive fiscal dataset for the time period from 1950 to 2011 for West German Laender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388609
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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
on panel data for West Germany indicate that the legal change did have a negative effect on severance pay. -- panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984405