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Well-Being Over the Life Span : Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data
Wunder, Christoph - 2009
shows a common, quite similar, age-specific pattern of life satisfaction for both Britain and Germany that can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159933
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Questioning the Stereotype of the 'Malingering Bureaucrat' : Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868787
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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …Unter Verwendung eines großen repräsentativen Datensatzes für Deutschland stellt diese Studie Fehlzeiten von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193380
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The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality : A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the Usa
Fräßdorf, Anna; Grabka, Markus; Schwarze, Johannes - 2021
SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325020
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 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/10013137250
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Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Goerke, Laszlo - 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/10013099789
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Making Work Pay : Increasing Labour Supply of Secondary Earners in Low Income Families with Children
Kurowska, Anna - 2015
In-work support through the tax-benefit system has proved to be an effective way of increasing labour supply of lone mothers and first earners in couples in a number of OECD countries. At the same time these instruments usually create negative employment incentives for secondary earners. This in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011178
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Well-being over the life span: semiparametric evidence from British and German longitudinal data
Wunder, Christoph; Wiencierz, Andrea; Schwarze, Johannes; … - 2009
shows a common, quite similar, age-specific pattern of life satisfaction for both Britain and Germany that can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271109
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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283773
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260756