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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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Voters Prefer More Qualified Mayors, But Does It Matter for Public Finances? Evidence for Germany

Freier, Ronny - 2013

This paper studies the importance of politician's qualification, in terms of education and experience, for fiscal outcomes. The analysis is based on a large panel for 2,031 German municipalities for which we have collected information on municipal budgets as well as the election results and...

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Incumbency, Party Identity and Governmental Lead : Evidence for Heterogeneous Incumbency Effects for Germany

Ade, Florian - 2012

Do incumbents in an election have an advantage, and if so, are these advantages heterogeneous across parties or government and opposition? We first present a theoretical discussion on the possible heterogeneity of incumbency effects in a pure two-party system. Then, we estimate the incumbency...

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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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Race to the Debt Trap? - Spatial Econometric Evidence on Debt in German Municipalities

Fossen, Frank M. - 2014

Through an intertemporal budget constraint, jurisdictions may gain advantages in tax and spending competition by 'competing' on debt. While the existing spatial econometric literature focuses on tax and spending competition, very little is known about spatial interaction via public debt. This...

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Incumbency as the Major Advantage : The Electoral Advantage for Parties of Incumbent Mayors

Freier, Ronny - 2011

This paper provides empirical evidence on the party incumbency advantage in mayoral elections in Germany. Using a …

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Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry : First Evidence from Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013

Germany reveals that start-up activities are positively influenced by unemployment rates and that the cyclical component of …

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Religious Heterogeneity and Fiscal Policy : Evidence from German Reunification

Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - 2013

Theoretical work based on social identity theory and in-group favoritism predicts that increased population diversity (e.g., due to immigration) reduces support for redistributive public policies. In this article, we add to the empirical literature testing this prediction in three ways. First,...

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Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality

Caliendo, Marco; Kuenn, Steffen; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2012

In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income during job search by taking up …

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