social norms. We develop a theoretical frame-work which nests various social custom models. Using micro data for Germany and …

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 …

. The Mini-Jobʺ reform in Germany - introduced on April 1, 2003 - can be seen in line with these policies, exempting labour …

2000s in Germany. Our study is the first to decompose this cross-sectional variance into its permanent and transitory parts … permanent component which has driven the strong expansion of cross-sectional inequality during the 2000s in Germany. -- Variance …

jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany. Our findings reveal a significantly …

search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …

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