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Offshoring domestic jobs : conference paper
Egger, Hartmut; Kreickemeier, Udo; Wrona, Jens - 2013
We set up a two-country general equilibrium model, in which heterogeneous firms from one country (the source country) can offshore routine tasks to a low-wage host country. The most productive firms self-select into offshoring, and the impact on welfare in the source country can be positive or...
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Size and development of the shadow economy and of do-it-yourself activities in Germany
Bühn, Andreas (contributor); Karmann, Alexander (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498737
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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...
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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023
We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435269
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The impact of thin-capitalization rules on multinationals' financing and investment decisions
Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Schreiber, Ulrich; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379792
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On the determinants of labour market institutions : rent-sharing vs. social insurance
Agell, Jonas - 2000
What determines the structure of labour market institutions? This paper argues that common explanations based on rent sharing are incomplete; unions, job protection, and egalitarian pay structures may have as much to do with social insurance of otherwise uninsurable risks as with rent sharing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786721
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Does size matter? : the impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood … household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …
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Wealth and its distribution in Germany, 1895-2018
Albers, Thilo N. H.; Bartels, Charlotte; Schularick, Moritz - 2022
comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution in Germany since the 19th century. We combine tax and archival data, household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187686
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Gathering support for green tax reform : evidence from German household surveys
Ploeg, Frederick van der; Rezai, Armon; Tovar, Miguel - 2021
investigate this, we estimate an EASI demand system from German household data and a labour supply schedule, using wage data, and … support can be mustered without hurting equity too much. We also investigate the effects of Germany meeting its legal target …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012668336
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The role of social security in household decisions : var estimates of saving and fertility behaviour in Germany
Cigno, Alessandro; Casolaro, Luca; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
effect on household saving, and a negative effect on fertility. In Germany, as in other countries where the hypothesis was … the number of future contributors. That is one of the reasons why, in Germany as elsewhere, pay-as-you-go pension systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009780203