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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724286
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160229
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Explaining the East German productivity gap: the role of human capital
Ragnitz, Joachim - 2007
The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … human capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock on human capital in East Germany is lower than in West Germany when … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …
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