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The Forward Premium Puzzle and Latent Factors Day by Day

Bernoth, Kerstin - 2010

We use futures instead of forward rates to study the complete maturity spectrum of the forward premium puzzle from two days to six months. At short maturities the slope coefficient is positive, but these turn negative as the maturity increases to the monthly level. Futures data allow us to...

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The forward premium puzzle and latent factors day by day

Bernoth, Kerstin; von Hagen, Jürgen; de Vries, Casper G. - 2010

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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998

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Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien

Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

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Social Networks, Job Search Methods and Reservation Wages : Evidence for Germany

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …

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Does Quality Make a Difference? Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-Ups

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2008

an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …

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Who Bears the Burden of Social Security Contributions in Germany? Evidence from 35 Years of Administrative Data

Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2016

contributions (SSC) in Germany. Following Alvaredo et al. (2016) we exploit kinks in the budget set generated by a drop in the … reforms. Applying the approach to administrative data for West Germany facilitates a comprehensive incidence analysis between …

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Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality : A Regression-Discontinuity Approach

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …

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'I Want to, But I Also Need to' - Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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